շտապ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian շտապ (štap), borrowed from an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *stap- (to hasten, (op)press), from Proto-Indo-European *step- (to press, step).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

շտապ (štap) (superlative ամենաշտապ)

  1. urgent, pressing
    Synonym: վռազ (vṙaz)
  2. prompt, immediate, speedy

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

շտապ (štap)

  1. urgently

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*star”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363