ախտ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ախտ (axt).

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ախտ (axt)

  1. disease, illness

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (axt, bad, ugly, sick; filth, corruption), Persian آخ (ax), Avestan 𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬌 (axti, suffering).

Noun[edit]

ախտ (axt)

  1. illness, disease, indisposition
    ախտ ցաւոց՝ դառնութիւնaxt cʻawocʻ, daṙnutʻiwncalamity, plague, disaster, anything troublesome
    ախտ արտասուացaxt artasuacʻtears
    ախտ քնոյaxt kʻnoysleep
    ախտ մահու՝ մահացուaxt mahu, mahacʻumortal malady
    զախտս մահու ջերմանիլzaxts mahu ǰermanilto be seriously, mortally ill
  2. passion, affection
  3. vice, bad habit
    ախտ մարդահաճութեանaxt mardahačutʻeanadulation, flattery
    սպաս ունել ախտի, մեծարել զախտspas unel axti, mecarel zaxtto give oneself up to vice, pleasure

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ախտ (axt)

References[edit]

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