սամտի

Old Armenian

Etymology

From an unknown root *սամ- (*sam-) +‎ -տի (-ti). Compare անգտի (angti).

Noun

սամտի • (samti)

1. prostitute

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “angti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 71
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սամտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press