առաստաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian առաստաղ (aṙastał); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [ɑrɑsˈtɑʁ]
  • (file)

Noun

առաստաղ (aṙastał)

  1. ceiling
  2. (figuratively) sky
  3. palate

Usage notes

Colloquially Russian потолок (potolok) is used instead.

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From the preposition առ (aṙ, by, at, near) + -ա- (-a-) + Proto-Indo-European *stel- (broad; to broaden) and cognate with Old Church Slavonic стеля (stelja, roof)[1]. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to put, place).[2][3][1] In fact, the two Proto-Indo-European roots may be related.

Noun

առաստաղ (aṙastał)

  1. ceiling, roof
  2. (post-classical, figuratively) sky
  3. (post-classical) palate

Declension

Derived terms

  • առաստաղակալք (aṙastałakalkʿ)
  • առաստաղակեալ (aṙastałakeal)

Descendants

References

  1. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aṙastaɫ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 107
  2. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), առաստաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), առաստաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), առաստաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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