ապաստան

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապաստան (apastan).

Pronunciation

Noun

ապաստան (apastan)

  1. refuge, asylum

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Noun

ապաստան (apastan)

  1. asylum, refuge, place of safety, shelter
    Synonyms: ապաւէն (apawēn), պատսպարան (patsparan)
    ապաստան առնելapastan aṙnelto confide, to intrust; to secure
    ապաստան լինելapastan linelto take refuge; to confide, to trust, to be confident
    յոգիս ապաստան լինել, յոգւոցն պարզել ապաստանyogis apastan linel, yogwocʻn parzel apastanլինել to be in the last agonies, to be at the point of death
  2. (rare) shield
    Synonyms: վահան (vahan), ասպար (aspar)

Declension

Adjective

ապաստան (apastan)

  1. sheltered, placed under protection
    Synonyms: ապաստանեալ (apastaneal), ապաւինեալ (apawineal), վստահացեալ (vstahacʻeal), յեցեալ (yecʻeal)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապաստան (apastan)

Further reading

  • 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
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 104
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “ապաստան”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • 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
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 453a of 445–459