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աշտանակ

աշտանակ

Armenian

Noun

աշտանակ (aštanak)

  1. candlestick

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From *ատշտանակ (*atštanak), from Parthian *ātištānak, from Old Parthian *ātr̥štāna-ka, from Proto-Iranian *ātr̥-stāna- (fire stand). Compare Middle Persian ʾtyst' (ādišt, fire stand). For the constituents compare Persian آدر (ādar) and ستان (-stān).

Noun

աշտանակ (aštanak)

  1. candlestick

Declension

Derived terms

  • աշտանակազարդ (aštanakazard)
  • աշտանակակիր (aštanakakir)
  • աշտանակամազ (aštanakamaz)
  • աշտանակեմ (aštanakem)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աշտանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աշտանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աշտանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 27-28