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Etymology edit

From *պարշտեմ (*parštem), from *պարիշտեմ (*parištem), from *պարիշտ (*parišt), from Parthian *parišt-, from Iranian *pari-štā- (literally standing around). Compare Middle Persian plst- (parist-), plstytn' (paristīdan, to serve; to minister in a ritual; to worship), Persian پرست (parast-), پرستیدن (parastidan, to worship). The earlier form *պարիշտ (*parišt) survives in compounds: բարեպարիշտ (bareparišt), կռապարիշտ (kṙaparišt), ամբարիշտ (ambarišt), etc. See also պաշտօն (paštōn).

Verb edit

պաշտեմ (paštem)

  1. (transitive) to minister, to serve, to wait on
  2. (transitive) to administer, to confer; to officiate; to provide, to furnish; to exercise, to employ
    պաշտել զխորհուրդսpaštel zxorhurdsto administer the Sacraments
    պաշտել զծառայութիւնpaštel zcaṙayutʿiwnto serve
  3. (mediopassive, intransitive) to serve, to be useful, to be employed

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պաշտել (paštel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “պաշտեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պաշտեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “պաշտել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 66
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “paristīdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press