Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian աստղ (astł).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աստղ (astġ)

  1. star
  2. celebrity, star

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.[1][2][3]

Noun

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աստղ (astł)

  1. star
    աստղ գիշերոյastł gišeroystar of night, the moon
    աստղ տուընջեանastł tuənǰeanstar of day, the sun
    աստղ առաւօտինastł aṙawōtinmorning-star, Venus, Lucifer
    աստղ սլացեալ, թռիչastł slacʻeal, tʻṙičʻshooting, flying star
    բեւեռային, հաստատուն աստղbeweṙayin, hastatun astłpolar, fixed star
  2. starfish
  3. (post-Classical) asterisk

Usage notes

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The word has two combining forms: աստեղ- (asteł-) and աստղ- (astł-).

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: աստղ (astġ)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աստղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “astɫ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 120

Further reading

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