աշխատ
Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing, probably Middle Median because of the prothetic a-. Compare Middle Persian ʾxšʾd (“depressed, troubled”), Manichaean Middle Persian ʾxšʾdyh (“suffering”), Sanskrit क्षत (kṣata, “hurt”).
Noun
աշխատ • (ašxat) indeclinable
- toil, work; torture, trouble
- աշխատ առնել ― ašxat aṙnel ― to give trouble, to fatigue, to harass, to incommode, to disquiet, to disturb; to torment to plague, to rack; to weary; to importune, to pester
- աշխատ լինել ― ašxat linel ― to take trouble
Usage notes
The word is not used independently (but is found in compounds) apart from the two idioms mentioned above.
Derived terms
Terms derived from աշխատ (ašxat)
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աշխատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աշխատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աշխատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- 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 17
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