Armenian

Noun

ստեղն • ‎(stełn)

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

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

ստեղն • ‎(stełn)

1. (botany) stalk, stem, trunk
2. (botany) branch, bough, shoot

   ստեղն արձակել‎ ― stełn arjakel ― to branch out, to ramify

3. (figuratively) something protruding: a pillar of smoke, arm of a candlestick, etc.

   ստեղն ծխոյ‎ ― stełn cxoy ― pillar of smoke

   ստեղունք աշտանակաց‎ ― stełunkʿ aštanakacʿ ― branches of a candelabrum

   ստեղունք եղջերուաց‎ ― stełunkʿ ełǰeruacʿ ― antlers or branches of stags' horns

   ստեղունք դաշնակի‎ ― stełunkʿ dašnaki ― (post-classical) keys, key-board, finger-board of a piano-forte

4. (literature) dactyl
5. (music) a kind of Armenian chant
6. the three arms of the Armenian letter ա ‎(a)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ստեղն ‎(stełn)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (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 [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935