Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian շիտակ (šitak).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

շիտակ (šitak) (superlative ամենաշիտակ)

  1. straight, upright, direct
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 45:[1]
      շիտակ․ տռիթթօ
      šitak; tṙitʻtʻō
      շիտակ (šitak) = dritto
  2. straightforward, honest, frank
  3. right-side-out
    Antonym: թարս (tʻars)

Declension edit

Adverb edit

շիտակ (šitak)

  1. in a straight, upright, direct manner
  2. straightforwardly, honestly, frankly
  3. right side out
    Antonym: թարս (tʻars)

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 236

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian *շիտակ (*šitak), attested in the compounds ստեղնաշիտակ (stełnašitak) and գեղաշիտակ (gełašitak), borrowed from Iranian: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (šētak, just, righteous, correct) attested in Matigan-i Hazar Datistan 79:8.[1][2]

Adjective edit

շիտակ (šitak)

  1. straight, upright

Adverb edit

շիտակ (šitak)

  1. straightly, uprightly

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: շիտակ (šitak)

References edit

  1. ^ Perixanjan, A. G. (1973) Сасанидский судебник (Mātakdān ī hazār dātastān)[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 525, 235
  2. ^ Perikhanian, Anahit (1997) Nina Garsoïan, transl., The Book of a Thousand Judgements: A Sasanian Law-book (Persian Heritage Series; 39), Costa Mesa, California and New York: Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica, pages 389, 192

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