դուստր

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դուստր (dustr)

Pronunciation

Noun

դուստր (dustr)

  1. daughter

Usage notes

Colloquially աղջիկ (aġǰik, girl) is used much more often.

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. The plural դստերք (dsterkʻ) is from plural nominative *dʰugh₂téres.

Noun

դուստր (dustr)

  1. daughter
    դուստր եղբօր/քեռնdustr ełbōr/kʻeṙnniece
    դուստր որդւոյ/դստերdustr ordwoy/dstergrand-daughter
    դստերք քաղաքիdsterkʻ kʻałakʻivillages, suburbs
    դուստր Սիոնիdustr Sionithe old and new Church
    դուստր վերին Սիոնիdustr verin Sionithe Church triumphant
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 2.9b:
      ուստերք քո եւ դստերք իմոյ որովայնի երկք եւ երկունք
      usterkʻ kʻo ew dsterkʻ imoy orovayni erkkʻ ew erkunkʻ
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        your sons and daughters, my womb's labours and birth-pangs

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դուստր (dustr)

References

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 58

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դուստր”, 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) “դուստր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 244
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դուստր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy