բաստ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Later dialectal alteration of բախտ (baxt). For the sound change compare սարիսխ (sarisx).

Noun

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բաստ (bast)

  1. good fortune, luck
    բաստս արկանելbasts arkanelto lay a wager, to bet

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բաստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy