աստղ

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Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian աստղ (astł); see it for more.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

աստղ  (astł)

  1. (astronomy) star
  2. celebrity, star

Declension [edit]

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun [edit]

աստղ  (astł)  (singular genitive աստեղ, plural genitive աստեղաց or աստեղց, plural աստեղք)

  1. star
    աստղ գիշերոյ (astł gišeroy) —  star of night, the moon
    աստղ տուընջեան (astł tuənǰean) —  star of day, the sun
    աստղ առաւօտին (astł aṙawōtin) — morning-star, Venus, Lucifer
    աստղ սլացեալ, թռիչ (astł slacʿeal, tʿṙičʿ) —  shooting, flying star
    բեւեռային, հաստատուն աստղ (beweṙayin, hastatun astł) —  polar, fixed star
  2. starfish
  3. (post-classical) asterisk

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Usage notes [edit]

The word has two combining forms: աստեղ- (asteł-) and աստղ- (astł-).

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References [edit]

  • աստղ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • աստղ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • աստղ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • “astł” in Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers)