փշատ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian փշատ (pʻšat).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

փշատ (pʻšat)

  1. oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia
    Synonyms: փշատենի (pʻšateni), փշատի (pʻšati)
  2. fruit of oleaster

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: pışat
  • Georgian: ფშატი (pšaṭi)
  • Russian: пшат (pšat) (Transcaucasia)

Middle Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Traditionally considered a derivative of փուշ (pʻuš, thorn, prickle), because oleaster is thorny.[1][2] But Mkrtchyan considers this a folk etymology and derives փշատ (pʻšat) from an unattested Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *paiš- (to crush, grind), whence Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬱𐬀𐬧𐬙- (pišaṇt-, crushing, bruising), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pst /⁠pist⁠/, browned flour), Persian پست (pest, flour, meal; browned flour), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (to grind, crush), because oleaster fruits are used for making sweet flour.[3]

Noun[edit]

փշատ (pʻšat)

  1. fruit of oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schröder, Johann Joachim (1711) Thesaurus linguae Armenicae antiquae et hodiernae, Amsterdam, pages 340–341
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փշատ”, 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 508ab
  3. ^ Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2004) “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʻumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 3, page 186

Further reading[edit]

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փշատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “փշատ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փշատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy