gwnd

Middle Persian

Etymology 1

Horn following Nöldeke connects with Sanskrit वृन्द (vṛndá-, “heap, multitude, host, flock, swarm, number, quantity, aggregation”).

Akin to Manichean Parthian gwnd‎ (gund, “army, troop; group, gathering”).

Noun

gwnd • (gund)

  1. army, troop
  2. group, gathering
Descendants
  • Persian: غند‎ (ġund), غنده‎ (ġunda)
  • → Arabic: جند‎ (jund)
  • → Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܓܘܢܕܐ‎ (gundā), ܓܘܕܐ‎ (guddā)
    • Mandaic: [script needed] (guddā)
  • → Old Armenian: գունդ (gund)
  • → Udi: gündä

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “¹gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 805, page 179
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 131
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 595
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 86b

Etymology 2

From Old Persian *gunda-. Compare Avestan 𐬔𐬎𐬧𐬛𐬀‎ (guṇda-, “lump of dough”) and Old Armenian գունդ (gund), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

gwnd • (gund)

  1. testicle
Descendants

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “²gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
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