փայտօս

Armenian

Alternative forms

• փա̈յդօսթ (pʻäydōstʻ) — Van
• փայտօստ (pʻaytōst)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پایدوس (paydos), پای دوست (pay dost).

Pronunciation

• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /pɑjˈdos/, [pʰɑjdós]

Noun

փայտօս • (pʻaytōs) (Istanbul, traditional orthography)

1. cessation of work, intermission, recess, respite

   Synonym: բանթող (bantʻoġ)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փայտօս”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 345a
• Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “փայտօս”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 537
• Riggs, Elias (1847) “փայտօս”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 147a