կշտապանակ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, "side-guardian" or "side-sover", wholly borrowed from an unattested Iranian compound equivalent to կուշտ (kušt) +‎ -ապանակ (-apanak). Old Georgian კუშტაბანი (ḳušṭabani, buttonhole) is from the same source.

Noun

կշտապանակ (kštapanak)

  1. a kind of jewelry worn one one's arm or side
    • 5th century, Bible, Isaiah 3.21:
      եւ զմատանիս եւ զկշտապանակս նոցա, զդիպակս եւ զճեղանակս
      ew zmatanis ew zkštapanaks nocʻa, zdipaks ew zčełanaks
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).30.1:[1]
      Է ծառ, որ կոչի պերեդիքսոն, որ թարգմանի կշտապանակ։
      Ē caṙ, or kočʻi peredikʻson, or tʻargmani kštapanak.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is a tree called peridexion which is translated "side-cover."

Usage notes

  • In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek περιδέξιον (peridéxion, armlet for the right arm). In the Physiologus, glosses the same word.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 59, 133, 159

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կշտապանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 612
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կշտապանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎ (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 110–114
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 172
  • 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 197a
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կշտապանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy