խոնաստան

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hwanH- (“to call, summon”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-, and the etymon of -ստան (-stan).

Noun

խոնաստան • (xonastan) (hapax)

  1. the Persian royal audience-hall
    • 5th century, Ełišē, Vasn Vardanay ew Hayocʿ paterazmin [History of Vardan and the Armenian War] :[1]
      Եւ իբրեւ եհաս նամակն յարքունիս, եւ ընթերցան ի մեծի խոնաստանի յանդիման ամենայն բազմութեան կարաւանին, բազումք այնոքիկ էին՝ որ իբրեւ լսէին՝ գովէին զպատասխանիսն։
      Ew ibrew ehas namakn yarkʿunis, ew əntʿercʿan i meci xonastani yandiman amenayn bazmutʿean karawanin, bazumkʿ aynokʿik ēin, or ibrew lsēin, govēin zpatasxanisn.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        When the letter reached the court and was read in the great hall in the presence of the whole host of the army many were they who on hearing it praised the answer.

References
  1. Thomson, Robert W. (1982) Ełišē, History of Vardan and the Armenian War (Harvard Armenian texts and studies; 5)‎, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England: Harvard University Press, page 93

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “խոնաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 392–393
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “խոնաստան”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 160
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “խոնաստան”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mkrtčʿyan, Nerses (1988), “Stugabanakan ditarkumner [Etymological Notes]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 2, pages 146–147
  • Bailey, H. W. (1987), “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 466a of 459–465
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