Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ոստայն (ostayn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ոստայն (ostayn)

  1. (spider's) web, cobweb
  2. (archaic) weaver's loom
  3. (archaic) yarn, thread

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain.

According to Ačaṙean, analyzable as *ոստ (*ost) +‎ -այն (-ayn), the *ոստ (*ost) being of unknown origin and surviving in modern dialects as ոստ (ost, the spun yarn collected around the spindle).[1]

According to Olsen, *ոստ (*ost) might go back to Proto-Indo-European *poḱ-ti-, ultimately from *peḱ-, whence also Old English feht and Middle Dutch vacht, and -այն (-ayn) may be from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch, to extend).[2][3]

J̌ahukyan connects with ոստ (ost, branch, bough; knot, joint), assuming Proto-Indo-European *sed- (to sit) is underlying both, because textile "sits" on the spindle.[4][5]

Noun edit

ոստայն (ostayn)

  1. texture, tissue, web, weft
    ոստայն սարդիostayn sardicob-web, spider's web
    խզել զոստայն կենացxzel zostayn kenacʻto cut the thread of life

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ոստայն (ostayn)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոստայն”, 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, page 569b
  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, pages 285–286
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD[1], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 190
  4. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1979) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎[2] (in Armenian), number 3, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 30 of 23–34
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ոստ I”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 604ab

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոստայն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոստայն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 565a