Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian վաստակ (vastak); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

վաստակ (vastak)

  1. work, labour, toil; pains, trouble
  2. profit, gain, earnings from labour
  3. merit, desert; services
  4. pay for labour

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.

Noun edit

վաստակ (vastak)

  1. work, labour, toil
    վաստակ ծառայութեանvastak caṙayutʻeanservice rendered
    վաստակ ձեռացvastak jeṙacʻhandiwork
    վաստակ արքունիvastak arkʻunimilitary service
    գիրք վաստակոցgirkʻ vastakocʻGeoponics
    վաստակ լինելvastak linelto labour, to work, to toil, to work hard, to strive, to fatigue or tire oneself with, to be fatigued or tired
    վաստակ առնելvastak aṙnelto tire, to fatigue, to weary
  2. pains, trouble, fatigue
  3. merit, worth, service
  4. profit, gain, earnings

Declension edit

Adjective edit

վաստակ (vastak)

  1. tired, fatigued

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վաստակ (vastak)

References edit

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