առագաստ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian առագաստ (aṙagast). The word must have also meant “room”, whence by extension “wine-pressing room” → “wine-press”.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

առագաստ (aṙagast)

  1. sail of a ship
    Synonym: (dialectal) ելքեն (elkʻen)
  2. curtain
  3. nuptial chamber
  4. (dialectal) wine-press

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the preposition առ (aṙ) +‎ ագ- (ag-, to put on clothes) +‎ -ստ (-st).[1][2][3] Alternatively, from the same preposition առա- (aṙa-) + Proto-Armenian *wst-, from Proto-Indo-European *us-t-h₂-ós, *us-t-h₂-ós, genitive of *wés-t-eh₂-, from *wes- (to be dressed), whence զգեստ (zgest), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐσθής (esthḗs).[3]

Noun[edit]

առագաստ (aṙagast)

  1. curtain, veil, net
  2. nuptial canopy
  3. (by extension) bridal chamber
    մանկունք առագաստիmankunkʻ aṙagastiyoung persons that accompany the bridegroom, paranymphs
  4. (figuratively) pretext meant to hide something
  5. tent, pavillon
  6. sail of a ship
    առագաստ պարզել, վերացուցանելaṙagast parzel, veracʻucʻanelto sail
    իջուցանել զառագաստiǰucʻanel zaṙagastto strike sail
  7. (anatomy) cornea
  8. (anatomy) diaphragm

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: առագաստ (aṙagast)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առագաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. 3.0 3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙagast”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 101

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առագաստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առագաստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy