Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian դաշտ (dašt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

դաշտ (dašt)

  1. field
    Synonyms: արտ (art), հանդ (hand)
    կանաչ դաշտkanačʻ daštgreen field
  2. (sports) playing field, sports ground
    Synonym: մարզադաշտ (marzadašt)
    ֆուտբոլային դաշտfutbolayin daštfootball field
  3. (physics) field
    մագնիսկան դաշտmagniskan daštmagnetic field
  4. field, sphere
    Synonyms: ասպարեզ (asparez), ոլորտ (olort)
    գործունեության դաշտgorcuneutʻyan daštfield/sphere of action

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *dašt, from Old Iranian *daxšta-; compare Middle Persian [script needed] (dšt' /⁠dašt⁠/, plain, open ground), Persian دشت (dašt), Sogdian [script needed] (δγšt- /⁠daxšt⁠/, plain, desert).

Noun edit

դաշտ (dašt)

  1. field, country, soil, heath, fallow ground, plain
    եղիւսեան դաշտքełiwsean daštkʻElysian fields
    արիսեան դաշտքarisean daštkʻfield of Mars
  2. ornamental floor of the room

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դաշտ (dašt)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դաշտ”, 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) “դաշտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dašt”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 25