ապաստան

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապաստան (apastan).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑpɑsˈtɑn/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑbɑsˈdɑn/,

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ապաստան • (apastan)

1. refuge, asylum

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian (ʾp̄stʾn' /⁠abestān⁠/, “refuge, support, trust”). For the constituents see ապ- (ap-) and -ստան (-stan).

ապաստան • (apastan)

1. asylum, refuge, place of safety, shelter

   Synonyms: ապաւէն (apawēn), պատսպարան (patsparan)

   ապաստան առնել ― apastan aṙnel ― to confide, to intrust; to secure

   ապաստան լինել ― apastan linel ― to take refuge; to confide, to trust, to be confident

   յոգիս ապաստան լինել, յոգւոցն պարզել ապաստան ― yogis apastan linel, yogwocʻn parzel apastan ― լինել to be in the last agonies, to be at the point of death

2. (rare) shield

   Synonyms: վահան (vahan), ասպար (aspar)

ապաստան • (apastan)

1. sheltered, placed under protection

   Synonyms: ապաստանեալ (apastaneal), ապաւինեալ (apawineal), վստահացեալ (vstahacʻeal), յեցեալ (yecʻeal)

• ապ- (ap-)
• -ստան (-stan)

• → Armenian: ապաստան (apastan)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ապաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ապաստան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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• 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 333
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ապաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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