աշխատ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, probably Middle Median because of the prothetic a-. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾxšʾd, depressed, troubled), Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (ʾxšʾdyh, suffering), Sanskrit क्षत (kṣata, hurt).

Noun

աշխատ (ašxat) indeclinable

  1. toil, work; torture, trouble
    աշխատ առնելašxat aṙnelto give trouble, to fatigue, to harass, to incommode, to disquiet, to disturb; to torment to plague, to rack; to weary; to importune, to pester
    աշխատ լինելašxat linelto take trouble

Usage notes

The word is not used independently (but is found in compounds) apart from the two idioms mentioned above.

Derived terms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աշխատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աշխատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աշխատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17