արուեստ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of Iranian origin. Compare Inscriptional Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭅𐭎𐭕 (ʾrwst, virtue), Old Persian [script needed] (aruvasta-, activity, physical prowess). The ending was perhaps contaminated with the suffix -ստ (-st).

Noun

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արուեստ (aruest)

  1. art; trade, handicraft
    ազատական արուեստazatakan aruestliberal arts
    մեքենական արուեստmekʻenakan aruestmechanical arts
    գեղեցիկ արուեստgełecʻik aruestfine arts
  2. skilfully crafted handiwork
  3. sign, miracle
  4. monster
  5. artifice, expedient, means, invention, ingenuity

Usage notes

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There was no distinction between արուեստ (aruest) and արհեստ (arhest) in Old Armenian; the latter was merely the post-classical spelling of the former. In modern literary Armenian արհեստ (arhest) is used for “handicraft, trade” while արվեստ (arvest) is reserved only for “mental creation, art”.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արվեստ (arvest), արհեստ (arhest)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արուեստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 671–673
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “արուեստ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 94b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արուեստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy