շուշտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Classical Persian ششت (šušt, “vile, detestable, deformed, shameful, bad”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʃuʃt]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʃuʃt]

Adjective

շուշտ • (šušt) (dialectal, obsolete)

1. impudent, insolent

   Synonym: հանդուգն (handugn)

   • c. 1720, Ełia Mušełyan Karnecʻi, Tʻurkʻeren–hayeren baṙaran [Turkic–Armenian dictionary] Յ.104:

     Յուզսուզ = շուշտ, անդուգ

     Yuzsuz = šušt, andug

     یوزسز (yüzsüz) = impudent, insolent

Derived terms

• շշտություն (šštutʻyun)
• շշտաբար (šštabar)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շուշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 537a
• Nierszesovicz, Deodatus (1695) “temerarius”, in Dictionarium Latino-Armenum [Latin–Armenian Dictionary], Rome: Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, page 534b

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Likely related to Old Armenian շուշեմ (šušem, “to be neglectful”) and both possibly borrowed from Iranian: compare Classical Persian سست (sust, “feeble, weak; lazy, idle; slow; relaxed, negligent”). Middle Armenian շուշտանդամ (šuštandam, “impotent”) is certainly considered a borrowing from the synonymous Persian سست اندام (sost-andâm).

Adjective

շուշտ • (šušt)

1. uncertain, dithering
   • 5th century, Eusebius of Emesa, Čaṙkʻ [Homilies] 5.Vasn čʻarčʻaranacʻn [De passione].6:

     Ո՞վ, ասեն, եբաց զդորա զաչսդ։ Ի շո՛ւշտ կային, յուրաստ լինէին․ Մեք ոչ գիտեմք․ զդա՛ իսկ հարցէք

     O^?v, asen, ebacʻ zdora začʻsd. I šúšt kayin, yurast linēin; Mekʻ očʻ gitemkʻ; zdá isk harcʻēkʻ

     Who, they asked, opened his eyes? They dithered and disavowed: we don't know, ask him yourselves.

Derived terms

• անշուշտ (anšušt)
• արեւիշուշտ (arewišušt)

Descendants

• ⇒ Armenian: շուշտակ (šuštak), շուշտիկ (šuštik, “silly, light-headed”); շուշտեմ (šuštem, “I don't know whether, methinks”)

Further reading

• Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “շուշտ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 640a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շուշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 537a
• Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 103–104
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “շուշտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 594b
• Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “անշուշտ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎^[2] (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 303a
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շուշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 553a
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “շուշտ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 304a