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դաստակ

դաստակ

Armenian

Noun

դաստակ (dastak)

  1. (anatomy) wrist
  2. (Western Armenian) arm
  3. hilt, handle (of a sword)
  4. knocker, doorknocker
  5. the bar on which the mobile hangs over a crib

Declension

References

  • դաստակ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian dstk' (dastag), Persian دسته (daste); see there for more.

Noun

դաստակ (dastak)

  1. (anatomy) wrist
  2. handle, haft, heft
    դաստակ սրոյdastak sroy ― hilt of a sword
    դաստակս դնելdastaks dnel ― to haft, to set in a handle
  3. (anatomy) hand, palm

Declension

Derived terms

  • դաստակետղ (dastaketł)
  • երկայնադաստակ (erkaynadastak)

Related terms

  • տստակ (tstak)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), դաստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դաստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), դաստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935