ռաստ գալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish راستلامق (rastlamak), verb formed from راست (rast, “luck, success; encounter, meeting”), a semantic evolution of Persian راست (râst).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /rɑst ɡɑl/, [rɑst ɡɑl]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /rɑsd kɑl/, [rɑst kʰɑl]

Verb

ռաստ գալ • (ṙast gal) (dialectal, colloquial)

1. to meet, to encounter, to run into (often in an unpleasant or negative context)

   Synonyms: հանդիպել (handipel), (slang) ռաստվել (ṙastvel)

2. to occur, to happen