Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian երաշտ (erašt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

երաշտ (erašt)

  1. drought

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian رشت (rašt, very dry).[1][2]

Noun edit

երաշտ (erašt)

  1. drought, dryness

Declension edit

Adjective edit

երաշտ (erašt)

  1. dry, arid, parched

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: երաշտ (erašt), արաշտ (arašt)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “երաշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 40
  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, page 880

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