պստիկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պստի (psti), պստլիկ (pstlik), փստիկ (pʿstik), փստի (pʿsti), փստլիկ (pʿstlik), փիստիկ (pʿistik), փիստիլիկ (pʿistilik)
  • պզտիկ (pztik), պզտի (pzti), պզտտիկ (pzttik), պզտլիկ (pztlik), պիզտիկ (piztik), պիզտի (pizti), պիզտիտիկ (piztitik), պիզտիլիկ (piztilik), պտիկ (ptik), պտտիկ (pttik), պտլիկ (ptlik), պիտիտիկ (pititik), պիտիլիկ (pitilik)

Etymology

A dialectal word, recorded also as Middle Armenian պզտի (pzti), պզտիկ (pztik), պզտկիկ (pztkik). As an affectionate colloquial term has developed many alternative forms. Ačaṙean explains the development of ս (s) to զ (z) by the late pronunciation of պ (p) and տ (t) as /b/ and /d/.[1]

The origin is uncertain. Ačaṙean derives from *պստ- (*pst-) + -իկ (-ik), comparing the first to Persian پست (past, low; abject, ignoble) as an Iranian borrowing.[1] Earlier he also compared Chagatai پستك (pestek, short, low).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

պստիկ (pstik) (superlative ամենապստիկ)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) small, little
    Synonyms: փոքր (pʿokʿr), փոքրիկ (pʿokʿrik)
    մի պստիկmi pstika little

Declension

Descendants

  • Turkish: bızdık, bızdılık

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պզտիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 77ab
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), պզտիկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 907b

Further reading

  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 126
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), պզտիկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 652a
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