վիշտ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վիշտ (višt).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

վիշտ (višt)

  1. sorrow, grief

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Since Müller connected with Sanskrit विष्टि (viṣṭi), विष्टी (viṣṭī, forced service, compulsory work) and considered an Iranian borrowing. Compare Khotanese [script needed] (āviṣṭa-, troubled), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾwyštk, confused).

Noun[edit]

վիշտ (višt)

  1. pain, suffering, sorrow, tribulation
    վիշտք ամպրոպացvištkʻ ampropacʻtempest, foul weather
    վիշտ դառնութեանvišt daṙnutʻeanbitter grief, desolation
    դժնդակ վիշտքdžndak vištkʻgreat hardships, misfortunes
    ի վշտէն, առ վշտի, առ վշտի վտանգինi vštēn, aṙ všti, aṙ všti vtanginthrough affliction, tribulation or grief
    վիշտս հասուցանելvišts hasucʻanelto grieve, to pain, to concern, to distress, to cause sorrow, to afflict, to vex
    ի վիշտս մտանելi višts mtanelto grieve at, to be pained at, to take to heart, to sorrow for, to be afflicted
    վիշտ է ինձvišt ē injI am greatly concerned at, it is with pain that I ...
    բազում վիշտք ի վշտաց հասանէին ազգինbazum vištkʻ i vštacʻ hasanēin azginmany disasters successively fell on the nation
    ամենայն փափկութիւն հայոց եհաս ի վիշտս վտանգիamenayn pʻapʻkutʻiwn hayocʻ ehas i višts vtangiall the pleasures of the Armenians were changed for extreme dangers
    ի վշտի մաշեն զանձինսi všti mašen zanjinsthey consume themselves with mourning
    չիք ինչ հեշտի առանց վշտիčʻikʻ inčʻ hešti aṙancʻ vštino joy without alloy

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: վիշտ (višt)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վիշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 342a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վիշտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 26a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վիշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 515
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 546
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վիշտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 712a
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 231
  • Müller, Friedrich (1892) “Pahlawi und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 6, page 268
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 910