յանդիման

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian hndymʾn' (handēmān, “before, in the presence of”). The Iranian word is composed with the etymon of դէմ (dēm).

յանդիման • (yandiman)

1. (with genitive) before, in the presence of, in the face or sight of, hard by, against, opposite, over against, in the view of, in the face, publicly, in public

   դէմ յանդիման ― dēm yandiman ― face to face; front to front

   յանդիման իմ ― yandiman im ― before me, in my presence

   յանդիման եկեղեցւոյ ― yandiman ekełecʻwoy ― in face of the church

   յանդիման ամենայն աշխարհի ― yandiman amenayn ašxarhi ― in the face of the whole world

   յանդիման ամենեցուն ― yandiman amenecʻun ― publicly, before all people

   ասել յանդիման ― asel yandiman ― to say to one's face

   յանդիման առնել, կացուցանել, ածել ― yandiman aṙnel, kacʻucʻanel, acel ― to present, to offer, to introduce, to represent, to exhibit, to set before the eyes to shew, to remonstrate

   յանդիման առնել ― yandiman aṙnel ― to reprove, to reproach, to blame

   յանդիման լինել, կալ ― yandiman linel, kal ― to present oneself, to appear, to make one's appearance before, to shew oneself

   յանդիման մատչել, կալ ― yandiman matčʻel, kal ― to appear before

Functioning also as an adverb.

• Armenian: հանդիման (handiman)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յանդիման”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յանդիման”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յանդիման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press