Armenian

Noun

վիշտ • ‎(višt)

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Since Müller connected with Sanskrit विष्टि ‎(viṣṭi), विष्टी ‎(viṣṭī, “forced service, compulsory work”) and considered an Iranian borrowing. Compare Khotanese āviṣṭa- ‎(“troubled”), Sogdian ʾʾwyštk ‎(“confused”).

Noun

վիշտ • ‎(višt)

1. pain, suffering, sorrow, tribulation

   վիշտք ամպրոպաց‎ ― vištkʿ ampropacʿ ― tempest, foul weather

   վիշտ դառնութեան‎ ― višt daṙnutʿean ― bitter grief, desolation

   դժնդակ վիշտք‎ ― džndak vištkʿ ― great hardships, misfortunes

   ի վշտէն, առ վշտի, առ վշտի վտանգին‎ ― i vštēn, aṙ všti, aṙ všti vtangin ― through affliction, tribulation or grief

   վիշտս հասուցանել‎ ― višts hasucʿanel ― to grieve, to pain, to concern, to distress, to cause sorrow, to afflict, to vex

   ի վիշտս մտանել‎ ― i višts mtanel ― to grieve at, to be pained at, to take to heart, to sorrow for, to be afflicted

   վիշտ է ինձ‎ ― višt ē inj ― I am greatly concerned at, it is with pain that I ...

   բազում վիշտք ի վշտաց հասանէին ազգին‎ ― bazum vištkʿ i vštacʿ hasanēin azgin ― many disasters successively fell on the nation

   ամենայն փափկութիւն հայոց եհաս ի վիշտս վտանգի‎ ― amenayn pʿapʿkutʿiwn hayocʿ ehas i višts vtangi ― all the pleasures of the Armenians were changed for extreme dangers

   ի վշտի մաշեն զանձինս‎ ― i všti mašen zanjins ― they consume themselves with mourning

   չիք ինչ հեշտի առանց վշտի‎ ― čʿikʿ inčʿ hešti aṙancʿ všti ― no joy without alloy

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: վիշտ ‎(višt)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “վիշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 342a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վիշտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 26a
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վիշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 515
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 546
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “վիշտ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 712a
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 231
• Müller, Friedrich (1892), “Pahlawi und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 6, page 268
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 910