երաշտ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian երաշտ (erašt).

Pronunciation

Noun

երաշտ (erašt)

  1. drought

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • երեշտ (erešt)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian رشت (rašt, very dry).[1][2]

Noun

երաշտ (erašt)

  1. drought, dryness

Declension

Adjective

երաշտ (erašt)

  1. dry, arid, parched

Derived terms

  • երաշտահար (eraštahar)
  • երաշտահաւ (eraštahaw)
  • երաշտանամ (eraštanam)
  • երաշտատունկ (eraštatunk)
  • երաշտութիւն (eraštutʿiwn)
  • երեշտութիւն (ereštutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: երաշտ (erašt), արաշտ (arašt)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), երաշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 40
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 880

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