ոստ

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Armenian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Armenian ոստ (ost); see below.

Noun [edit]

ոստ  (ost)

  1. branch, bough
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Etymology 2 [edit]

See Old Armenian ոստայն (ostayn).

Noun [edit]

ոստ  (ost)

  1. (dialectal) the spun yarn collected around the spindle
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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ozdos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄζος (ozos, branch, bough), Old High German ast (German Ast) and Old English ōst.

Noun [edit]

ոստ  (ost)  (singular genitive ոստոյ, plural genitive ոստոց)

  1. branch, bough (of a tree)
    ոստք մատանց ձեռին (ostkʿ matancʿ jeṙin) — the fingers
  2. knot, joint (on a tree, whence the branches grow)
    ոստովք վարակեալ (ostovkʿ varakeal) — knotty, nodous, knobby, gnarly
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Etymology 2 [edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Noun [edit]

ոստ  (ost)  (singular genitive ոստոյ)

  1. hill, height, hillock
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References [edit]

  • ոստ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • ոստ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • ոստ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)