աստուճ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• աշտուճ (aštuč)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աստուճ (astuč).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ɑsˈtut͡ʃ/ invalid IPA characters (//)
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ɑsˈdud͡ʒ/ invalid IPA characters (//)

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Adjective

աստուճ • (astuč) (superlative ամենաաստուճ)

1. dry (of bread)

   աստուճ հաց ― astuč hacʻ ― dry bread

   • 1875 – 1957, Avetik Isahakyan, Alagyazi maniner  :

     Մեկ աստուճ հաց տըվին՝ ուտի / Մեկ չոր խշտի պառկի, քընի։

     Mek astuč hacʻ təvin, uti / Mek čʻor xšti paṙki, kʻəni.

     Gave one dry bread to eat / One dry straw mattress to sleep on.

   • 1886.03.30, Mełu Hayastani , No. 22:

     Մօտ 150 տներ քաղաքում զանազան եղանակով նորա սեպհականութիւնք եղան, բայց և այնպէս նա էլի ապրում էր աստուճ հացով։

     Mōt 150 tner kʻaġakʻum zanazan eġanakov nora sephakanutʻiwnkʻ eġan, baycʻ ew aynpēs na ēli aprum ēr astuč hacʻov.

     About 150 houses in the city became her property in various ways; nonetheless she was still living on a dry bread.

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աշտուճ (aštuč), աշոտուչ (ašotučʻ)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Khotanese (astaucä, “dry land, terra firma”), which is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be/become dry”).

Adjective

աստուճ • (astuč)

1. dry (of bread)

   աստուճ հաց ― astuč hacʻ ― dry bread

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: աստուճ (astuč), աշտուճ (aštuč) (learned)

References

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աշտուճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 22a, leaves the origin open
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աշտուճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 29–30, derives from Proto-Indo-European *as-d-, an enlargement of *h₂eHs- (“to be/become dry”), considers -ուճ (-uč) a suffix and compares պարկուճ (parkuč) for it