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 žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi 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 žoġovacu; 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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