ախտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ախտ (axt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑχt]
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  • Homophones: աղտ (ałt)

Noun

ախտ (axt)

  1. disease, illness

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Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (axt, bad, ugly, sick; filth, corruption), Persian اخ (ax), Avestan 𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬌 (axti, suffering).

Noun

ախտ (axt)

  1. illness, disease, indisposition
    ախտ ցաւոց՝ դառնութիւնaxt cʿawocʿ, daṙnutʿiwncalamity, plague, disaster, anything troublesome
    ախտ արտասուացaxt artasuacʿtears
    ախտ քնոյaxt kʿnoysleep
    ախտ մահու՝ մահացուaxt mahu, mahacʿumortal malady
    զախտս մահու ջերմանիլzaxts mahu ǰermanilto be seriously, mortally ill
  2. passion, affection
  3. vice, bad habit
    ախտ մարդահաճութեանaxt mardahačutʿeanadulation, flattery
    սպաս ունել ախտի, մեծարել զախտspas unel axti, mecarel zaxtto give oneself up to vice, pleasure

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References

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