շուշտ
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian ششت (šušt, “vile, detestable, deformed, shameful, bad”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ʃuʃt]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ʃuʃt]
Adjective edit
շուշտ • (šušt) (dialectal, obsolete)
- impudent, insolent
- Synonym: հանդուգն (handugn)
- c. 1720, Ełia Mušełyan Karnecʿi, Tʿurkʿeren–hayeren baṙaran [Turkic–Armenian dictionary] Յ.104:[2]
- Յուզսուզ = շուշտ, անդուգ
- Yuzsuz = šušt, andug
- یوزسز (yüzsüz) = impudent, insolent
- Յուզսուզ = շուշտ, անդուգ
Derived terms edit
- շշտություն (šštutʻyun)
- շշտաբար (šštabar)
References edit
- ^ Eġia Mušeġyan Karnecʻi (1986) B. L. Čʻugaszyan, editor, Tʻurkʻeren-hayeren baṙaran [Turkic–Armenian dictionary], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 146
- ^ Eġia Mušeġyan Karnecʻi (1986) B. L. Čʻugaszyan, editor, Tʻurkʻeren-hayeren baṙaran [Turkic–Armenian dictionary], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 67
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շուշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 537a
- Nierszesovicz, Deodatus (1695) “temerarius”, in Dictionarium Latino-Armenum [Latin–Armenian Dictionary], Rome: Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, page 534b
Old Armenian edit
Etymology edit
The origin is uncertain. Likely related to Old Armenian շուշեմ (šušem, “to be neglectful”) and both possibly borrowed from Iranian: compare Classical Persian سست (sust, “feeble, weak; lazy, idle; slow; relaxed, negligent”). Middle Armenian շուշտանդամ (šuštandam, “impotent”) is certainly considered a borrowing from the synonymous Persian سست اندام (sost-andâm).
Adjective edit
շուշտ • (šušt)
- uncertain, dithering
- 5th century, Eusebius of Emesa, Čaṙkʿ [Homilies] 5.Vasn čʻarčʻaranacʻn [De passione].6:[1][2]
- Ո՞վ, ասեն, եբաց զդորա զաչսդ։ Ի շո՛ւշտ կային, յուրաստ լինէին․ Մեք ոչ գիտեմք․ զդա՛ իսկ հարցէք
- O?v, asen, ebacʻ zdora začʻsd. I šúšt kayin, yurast linēin; Mekʻ očʻ gitemkʻ; zdá isk harcʻēkʻ
- Who, they asked, opened his eyes? They dithered and disavowed: we don't know, ask him yourselves.
- Ո՞վ, ասեն, եբաց զդորա զաչսդ։ Ի շո՛ւշտ կային, յուրաստ լինէին․ Մեք ոչ գիտեմք․ զդա՛ իսկ հարցէք
Derived terms edit
- անշուշտ (anšušt)
- արեւիշուշտ (arewišušt)
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Armenian: շուշտակ (šuštak), շուշտիկ (šuštik, “silly, light-headed”); շուշտեմ (šuštem, “I don't know whether, methinks”)
References edit
Further reading edit
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “շուշտ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 640a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շուշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 537a
- Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 103–104
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “շուշտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 594b
- Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “անշուշտ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language][2] (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 303a
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շուշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 553a
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “շուշտ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 304a