բանդագուշիմ

Certainly an Iranian borrowing, but the Iranian formation underlying this word is uncertain. The first part is often equated with Persian بند‎ (band, “band, tie”), the second part with Persian گوش‎ (guš, “ear”), the meaning somehow developing from the notion of tied ears.

բանդագուշիմ • (bandagušim)

1. (intransitive) to rave, to be delirious
   • 5th century, Bible, Book of Sirach 31.5–6:[1]

     Ըղձութիւնք և հաւագիտութիւնք և երազք ընդունայն են։ Իբրև զայն որ երկնիցէ՝ բանդագուշի սիրտն, եթէ ոչ ի Բարձրելոյն առաքիցի այցելութիւն։

     Əłjutʿiwnkʿ ew hawagitutʿiwnkʿ ew erazkʿ əndunayn en. Ibrew zayn or erknicʿē, bandaguši sirtn, etʿē očʿ i Barjreloyn aṙakʿicʿi aycʿelutʿiwn.

     • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint

       Divinations and omens and dreams are vain, and as of a woman in labor the heart fantasizes. Unless it has been sent from the Most High by a visitation.

   • 5th century, Eznik Kołbacʿi, Ełc ałandocʿ [Refutation of the Sects] 356:[2][3]

     Եւ այլք բազումք ի փիլիսոփայից՝ առասպելական բանիւք բանդագուշեալք՝ խոստանան զԱստուածոյ պատմութիւնս կատարել։

     Ew aylkʿ bazumkʿ i pʿilisopʿayicʿ, aṙaspelakan baniwkʿ bandagušealkʿ, xostanan zAstuacoy patmutʿiwns katarel.

     • Translation by Blanchard & Young

       And many others from among the philosophers, raving with fabulous words, promise to tell this history about God.

In Sirach, corresponds to Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō).

• բանդագուշեմ (bandagušem) – rare

• բանտ (bant) (possibly)
• գուշակ (gušak) (possibly)

• → Armenian: բանդագուշել (bandagušel) (learned)

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