# սարդ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* զայտ (zayt), զայթ (zaytʻ) — Hamshen

### Etymology

From Old Armenian սարդ (sard).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /sɑɾd/, [sɑɾd]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /sɑɾt/, [sɑɾtʰ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

սարդ • (sard)
* spider

#### Related terms

* սարդոստայն (sardostayn)

#### Descendants

* → Georgian: ზარდლი (zardli)
* → Turkish: sart, sayıt

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սարդ”, 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, page 186b

## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥-ti-, from *ḱer- (“to weave, plait”).

#### Noun

սարդ • (sard)
* spider

##### Derived terms

* սարդաբոյն (sardaboyn)
* սարդանկու (sardanku)
* սարդիոստայն (sardiostayn)

##### Related terms

* սարիք (sarikʻ)
* սարք (sarkʻ)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: սարդ (sard), զայտ (zayt), զայթ (zaytʻ) — Hamshen
** → Georgian: ზარდლი (zardli)
** → Turkish: sart, sayıt

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

### Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from a source related to the etymon of սարոյ (saroy, “cypress”). Compare also Arabic سِدْر (sidr, “the name of various trees”), Persian سدر (sadar, “lote-tree”), Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”).

#### Noun

սարդ • (sard)
* cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani

##### Derived terms

* սարդենասեր (sardenaser)
* սարդենեան (sardenean)
* սարդենի (sardeni)
* սարդի (sardi)
* սարդիատունկ (sardiatunk)

#### References

* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 937, footnote 9
* ↑ Artʻinean, Yovhannēs (1913) Astuacašunčʻi tunkerə usumnasiruac mer naxneacʻ tʻargmanutʻean vray [Les plantes de la Bible d’après la version Arménienne du Ve siècle par le docteur Johannès Artignan] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 144–153

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

### Etymology 3

The origin is uncertain.

#### Noun

սարդ • (sard)
* a many-coloured bird, perhaps the starling

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy