Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish اشتاه (iştah), from Persian اشتها (eštehâ), from Arabic اِشْتِهاء (ištihāʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

իշտահ (ištah) (dialectal)

  1. appetite (desire of or relish for food)
    Synonym: ախորժակ (axoržak)

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “իշտահ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Pisowicz, Andrzej (2019) “A short phrase book of the Stepanakert variant of the Karabagh dialect”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 252
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “իշտահ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan