դաշտ

Etymology

From Old Armenian դաշտ (dašt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

դաշտ • (dašt)

1. field

   կանաչ դաշտ ― kanačʿ dašt ― green field

2. (sports) playing field, sports ground

   ֆուտբոլային դաշտ ― futbolayin dašt ― football field

3. (physics) field

   մագնիսկան դաշտ ― magniskan dašt ― magnetic field

4. field, sphere

   գործունեության դաշտ ― gorcuneutʿyan dašt ― field/sphere of action

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *dašt, from Old Iranian *daxšta-; compare Middle Persian dšt' (dašt, “plain, open ground”), Persian دشت‎ (dašt), Sogdian [script needed] (δγšt- /daxšt/, “plain, desert”).

Noun

դաշտ • (dašt)

1. field, country, soil, heath, fallow ground, plain

   եղիւսեան դաշտք ― ełiwsean daštkʿ ― Elysian fields

   արիսեան դաշտք ― arisean daštkʿ ― field of Mars

2. ornamental floor of the room

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “դաշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “դաշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “դաշտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “dašt”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 25