Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վիշտ (višt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

վիշտ (višt)

  1. sorrow, grief

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Since Müller connected with Sanskrit विष्टि (viṣṭi), विष्टी (viṣṭī, forced service, compulsory work) and considered an Iranian borrowing. Compare Khotanese [script needed] (āviṣṭa-, troubled), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾwyštk, confused).

Noun edit

վիշտ (višt)

  1. pain, suffering, sorrow, tribulation
    վիշտք ամպրոպացvištkʻ ampropacʻtempest, foul weather
    վիշտ դառնութեանvišt daṙnutʻeanbitter grief, desolation
    դժնդակ վիշտքdžndak vištkʻgreat hardships, misfortunes
    ի վշտէն, առ վշտի, առ վշտի վտանգինi vštēn, aṙ všti, aṙ všti vtanginthrough affliction, tribulation or grief
    վիշտս հասուցանելvišts hasucʻanelto grieve, to pain, to concern, to distress, to cause sorrow, to afflict, to vex
    ի վիշտս մտանելi višts mtanelto grieve at, to be pained at, to take to heart, to sorrow for, to be afflicted
    վիշտ է ինձvišt ē injI am greatly concerned at, it is with pain that I ...
    բազում վիշտք ի վշտաց հասանէին ազգինbazum vištkʻ i vštacʻ hasanēin azginmany disasters successively fell on the nation
    ամենայն փափկութիւն հայոց եհաս ի վիշտս վտանգիamenayn pʻapʻkutʻiwn hayocʻ ehas i višts vtangiall the pleasures of the Armenians were changed for extreme dangers
    ի վշտի մաշեն զանձինսi všti mašen zanjinsthey consume themselves with mourning
    չիք ինչ հեշտի առանց վշտիčʻikʻ inčʻ hešti aṙancʻ vštino joy without alloy

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վիշտ (višt)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վիշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 342a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վիշտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 26a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վիշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 515
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 546
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վիշտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 712a
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 231
  • Müller, Friedrich (1892) “Pahlawi und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 6, page 268
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 910