զավեշտ

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian *զաւեշտ (*zawešt), separated by modern authors from the compound զաւեշտ-արար (zawešt-arar), wherein *զաւեշտ (*zawešt) is an Iranian borrowing: compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (zauuaiti, to call), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (to call). For the suffix compare հրաժեշտ (hražešt), պարկեշտ (parkešt). The same Iranian root is seen in զաւ-օղ (zaw-ōł) and նզով (nzov).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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զավեշտ (zavešt)

  1. joke
    Synonyms: կատակ (katak), ծաղր (caġr)
  2. farce, vaudeville

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Hovhannisyan, Lavrenti (2000) “Baṙakʻnnakan nkataṙumner “Baṙgirkʻ Hayocʻum” teġ gtac mi kʻani baṙeri veraberyal [Lexicological Remarks on some Terms in "Bargirk Hayots" ("A Dictionary of the Armenian Language")]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 2, page 217

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զաւեշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 85b
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 472–473
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “զաւեշտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 234b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “զաւեշտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 498c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զաւեշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 179a