աշտանակ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աշտանակ (aštanak).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

աշտանակ (aštanak)

  1. candlestick

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *ատշտանակ (*atštanak), from Parthian *ātištānak, from Old Parthian *ātr̥štāna-ka, from Proto-Iranian *ātr̥-stāna- (fire stand). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾtyst' /⁠ādišt⁠/, fire stand). For the constituents see Persian آدر (âdar) and ستان (-stân).

Noun[edit]

աշտանակ (aštanak)

  1. candlestick

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: աշտանակ (aštanak) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աշտանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աշտանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աշտանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 27-28