Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հեշտ (hešt).

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հեշտ (hešt) (superlative ամենահեշտ)

  1. easy, not hard, light
    հեշտ վարժությունhešt varžutʻyuneasy exercise

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.[1][2]

Perhaps an Iranian borrowing.[3] Compare Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤𐫗 (hyštn /⁠hištan⁠/, to leave, abandon; remit (of sins); establish, appoint; let, allow), Persian هشتن (heštan, to leave, abandon; to let, allow), Parthian 𐫍𐫏𐫘𐫤 (hyst /⁠hišt⁠/), past participle of 𐫍𐫏𐫡𐫉- (hyrz-, to let, leave, abandon; remit (of sins), establish, appoint), all from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárȷ́ati. Compare Old Armenian հեշտպաշտակ (heštpaštak, voluntary servant), which may contain the same Iranian root.

Adjective edit

հեշտ (hešt)

  1. pleasing, agreeable
    Synonyms: հեշտալի (heštali), հեշտական (heštakan), դիւր (diwr), դիւրին (diwrin), դիւրիչ (diwričʻ), կամակ (kamak), ընդունելի (ənduneli), ցանկալի (cʻankali), քաղցր (kʻałcʻr), ախորժ (axorž)
    հեշտ պաշտօնhešt paštōnvolunteer service
    հեշտ ցանկութիւնhešt cʻankutʻiwnvoluptuousness, concupiscence, lust
    հեշտ եւ համբոյր մտօքhešt ew hamboyr mtōkʻaffably, benignly, kindly, condescendingly
    զհեշտ ցանկութեան զհետ անցանելzhešt cʻankutʻean zhet ancʻanelto give oneself up to pleasures
  2. (post-Classical) easy

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Noun edit

հեշտ (hešt)

  1. pleasure
    Synonyms: դիւրութիւն (diwrutʻiwn), հաճութիւն (hačutʻiwn), հաճոյք (hačoykʻ)
    ըստ հեշտիəst heštiat will, at pleasure, at one's ease
    ըստ իւրեանց հեշտի գնալəst iwreancʻ hešti gnalto go one's own way, at one's leisure, at one's ease; to live as one likes, to follow the bent of one's own inclinations

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հեշտ (hešt)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հեշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 80–81
  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 964
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հեշտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 457a

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