ստեղն

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ստեղն (steġn)

  1. key (of a piano, keyboard, etc.)
  2. (poetry) dactyl
  3. protruding parts of various objects
  4. (archaic) branch, bough of a tree

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *stel- (stalk, trunk). Cognates include Ancient Greek στέλεχος (stélekhos, stump, stub), στήλη (stḗlē, stela, pillar), Latin stolo (shoot, scion), Old High German stollo, Old Norse stjǫlr (rump), Latvian stulms (bootleg), Russian столб (stolb), столп (stolp) and English stalk.

Noun[edit]

ստեղն (stełn)

  1. (botany) stalk, stem, trunk
  2. (botany) branch, bough, shoot
    ստեղն արձակելstełn arjakelto branch out, to ramify
  3. (figuratively) something protruding: a pillar of smoke, arm of a candlestick, etc.
    ստեղն ծխոյstełn cxoypillar of smoke
    ստեղունք աշտանակացstełunkʿ aštanakacʿbranches of a candelabrum
    ստեղունք եղջերուացstełunkʿ ełǰeruacʿantlers or branches of stags' horns
    ստեղունք դաշնակիstełunkʿ dašnaki(post-classical) keys, key-board, finger-board of a piano-forte
  4. (poetry) dactyl
  5. (music) a kind of Armenian chant
  6. the three arms of the Armenian letter ա (a)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ստեղն (steġn) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ստեղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ստեղն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ստեղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press