ամբաստան
Old Armenian
editAlternative forms
edit- ամբաստ (ambast)
Etymology
editAn Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hnbsʾn' /hambasān/, “opponent; opposition”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hnbsʾnynytn' /hanbasānēnīdan/, “to accuse, to charge with”). Remodelled from *ամբասան (*ambasan), under the influence of դատաստան (datastan) or Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hambastan /hmbstn'/, “to form, compose; bind together, intertwine, encircle”).
The short form ամբաստ (ambast) attested only once as ամբաստ լինել (ambast linel, “to accuse”) is an artificial formation, with no etymological value.
Pronunciation
editAudio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Noun
editամբաստան • (ambastan)
- accuser
- ամբաստան լինել ― ambastan linel ― to accuse
- accusation
- Synonym: ամբաստանութիւն (ambastanutʻiwn)
Declension
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| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ամբաստան (ambastan) | ամբաստանք (ambastankʻ) | |
| genitive | ամբաստանի (ambastani) | ամբաստանաց (ambastanacʻ) | |
| dative | ամբաստանի (ambastani) | ամբաստանաց (ambastanacʻ) | |
| accusative | ամբաստան (ambastan) | ամբաստանս (ambastans) | |
| ablative | ամբաստանէ (ambastanē) | ամբաստանաց (ambastanacʻ) | |
| instrumental | ամբաստանաւ (ambastanaw) | ամբաստանաւք = ամբաստանօք (ambastanawkʻ = ambastanōkʻ) | |
| locative | ամբաստանի (ambastani) | ամբաստանս (ambastans) |
Derived terms
edit- ամբաստանական (ambastanakan)
- ամբաստանեմ (ambastanem)
- ամբաստանութիւն (ambastanutʻiwn)
Descendants
edit- → Armenian: ամբաստանք (ambastankʻ)
Further reading
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամբաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամբաստան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 513
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ամբաստան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- 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 334
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1973) Сасанидский судебник (Mātakdān ī hazār dātastān)[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 434
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամբաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy