շփոթ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շփոթ (špʻotʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

շփոթ (špʻotʻ)

  1. confusion, disorder, disarray, trouble

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

շփոթ (špʻotʻ) (superlative ամենաշփոթ)

  1. confused, disordered

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Together with Old Georgian შფოთი (špoti) borrowed from a Middle Iranian formation (probably a past participle) from the root which appears with the preverb *aH- in Parthian 𐫀𐫢𐫏𐫜𐫤 (ʾšyft /⁠āšift⁠/, troubled), 𐫀𐫀𐫢𐫇𐫁 (ʾʾšwb /⁠āšōβ⁠/, turmoil, disturbance), Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾšwpt' /⁠āšuft⁠/, turmoil), Persian آشفتن (âšoftan, to agitate).[1]

Noun[edit]

շփոթ (špʻotʻ)

  1. confusion, disorder, disarray, trouble
    շփոթս յուզել, յարուցանելšpʻotʻs yuzel, yarucʻanelto excite confusion, trouble, sedition
    աղմուկ շփոթի յարուցանելałmuk špʻotʻi yarucʻanelto make a clatter, racket or uproar, to kick up a row
    յայն աղմուկ շփոթիyayn ałmuk špʻotʻiin that disorder

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

շփոթ (špʻotʻ)

  1. confused, disordered

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: շփոթ (špʻotʻ) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շփոթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 546ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շփոթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շփոթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  1. ^ Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 398–401