ինադ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ինատ (inat), from Ottoman Turkish عناد (inad, inat), from Arabic عِنَاد (ʕinād).

Pronunciation

Noun

ինադ (inad)

  1. (dialectal) attitude of proud defiance, stubbornness and obstinacy to the detriment of everyone else
    ինադ ընկնելinad ənknelto behave stubbornly, to do something out of spite for someone

Declension

Synonyms

  • համառություն (hamaṙutʿyun), կամակորություն (kamakorutʿyun)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), ինատ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), ինադ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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