Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ստեղն (steġn)

  1. key (of a piano, keyboard, etc.)
  2. (poetry) dactyl
  3. protruding parts of various objects
  4. (archaic) branch, bough of a tree

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *stel- (stalk, trunk). Cognates include Ancient Greek στέλεχος (stélekhos, stump, stub), στήλη (stḗlē, stela, pillar), Latin stolo (shoot, scion), Old High German stollo, Old Norse stjǫlr (rump), Latvian stulms (bootleg), Russian столб (stolb), столп (stolp) and English stalk.

Noun edit

ստեղն (stełn)

  1. (botany) stalk, stem, trunk
  2. (botany) branch, bough, shoot
    ստեղն արձակելstełn arjakelto branch out, to ramify
  3. (figuratively) something protruding: a pillar of smoke, arm of a candlestick, etc.
    ստեղն ծխոյstełn cxoypillar of smoke
    ստեղունք աշտանակացstełunkʻ aštanakacʻbranches of a candelabrum
    ստեղունք եղջերուացstełunkʻ ełǰeruacʻantlers or branches of stags' horns
    ստեղունք դաշնակիstełunkʻ dašnaki(post-classical) keys, key-board, finger-board of a piano-forte
  4. (poetry) dactyl
  5. (music) a kind of Armenian chant
  6. the three arms of the Armenian letter ա (a)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ստեղն (steġn) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ստեղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ստեղն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ստեղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press