# սանտր
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Most likely inherited from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om (“pointed tool”), and cognate with Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “something with a sharp point”), Albanian çandër (“forked pole”). Doublet of կենդրովն (kendrovn).

### Noun

սանտր • (santr)
* comb
** 5th century, Łazar Pʻarpecʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] :Չօծան իւղով, չյարմարեցին սանտրով զհեր գլխոյ իւրեանցČʻōcan iwłov, čʻyarmarecʻin santrov zher glxoy iwreancʻTranslation by Robert W. ThomsonThey did not anoint themselves with perfume, they did not arrange the hair of their heads with combs.

#### Alternative forms

* սանդր (sandr)

#### Derived terms

* սանդրատարազ (sandrataraz)
* սանդրեմ (sandrem)
* սանտրեմ (santrem)
* օձասանդր (ōjasandr)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: սանր (sanr), սանդր (sandr), սանտր (santr) — Western Armenian, dialectal, սանդերք (sanderkʻ)

### References

* ↑ Mann, Stuart E. (1963) Armenian and Indo-European: Historical phonology‎, London: Luzac & Co. Ltd., page 13
* ↑ Mann, Stuart E. (1968) An Armenian Historical Grammar in Latin Characters (Morphology, Etymology, Old Texts), London: Luzac & Co. Ltd., page 96
* ↑ Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 110
* ↑ Thomson, Robert W. (1991) The History of Łazar Pʿarpecʿi (Columbia University Program in Armenian Studies. Suren D. Fesjian Academic Publications; 4)‎, Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 161

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սանտր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 174–175
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սանտր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 488
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սանտր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 668a
* Kerestedjian, Bedros (1945) Kerest Haig, editor, Étude philologique et lexicographique de 6000 mots et noms arméniens avec des comparaisons de 100.000 mots de 900 langues et des données historiques et géographiques‎ (in French), London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., page 360, additionally comparing to Sanskrit सान्द्र (sāndra, “dense”) and Persian سنیژه (saniža, “weaver's reed or shuttle”)
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎, number 10, page 116, considering a substrate word together with Ancient Greek ξαίνω (xaínō, “to comb wool”)
* Pictet, Adolphe (1863) Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs: essai de paléontologie linguistique, volume II, Paris: J. Cherbuliez, page 106, comparing to Ancient Greek ξαίνω (xaínō, “to comb wool”), ξάνιον (xánion, “card for combing wool”), Persian شانه (šâne, “comb”).
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սանտր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy