խոստանամ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing +‎ -ան- (-an-): compare Middle Persian (hwstwk' /⁠xwastūg⁠/, confessing, believing), Persian خستو (xostu, confessing). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swá and *staw- (to praise), from Proto-Indo-European *stew-.[1][2][3]

Verb

խոստանամ (xostanam)

  1. to promise
    Synonym: ուխտեմ (uxtem)
    • 5th century, Eznik Kołbacʻi, Ełc ałandocʻ 356:[4][5]
      Եւ այլք բազումք ի փիլիսոփայից՝ առասպելական բանիւք բանդագուշեալք՝ խոստանան զԱստուածոյ պատմութիւնս կատարել։
      Ew aylkʻ bazumkʻ i pʻilisopʻayicʻ, aṙaspelakan baniwkʻ bandagušealkʻ, xostanan zAstuacoy patmutʻiwns katarel.
      • Translation by Blanchard & Young
        And many others from among the philosophers, raving with fabulous words, promise to tell this history about God.
  2. (rare) to confess
    Synonym: խոստովանեմ (xostovanem)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խոստանալ (xostanal)

References

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 160–161
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խոստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 309–310
  3. ^ 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 291
  4. ^ Minasean, Martiros (1992) “Eznik Koġbacʻi [Čaṙkʻ ənddēm aġandocʻ]”, in Handes Amsorya, volume 106, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 154
  5. ^ Blanchard, Monica J., Young, Robin Darling (1998) A Treatise on God written in Armenian by Eznik of Kołb (floruit c.430-c.450). An English translation, with introduction and notes (Eastern Christian texts in translation), Leuven: Peeters, page 180

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խոստանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խոստանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy