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Old Armenian
- նաւաստ (nawast) — shortened for poetic purposes
Etymology
From *նաւաստ (*nawast, “navigation”) + -ի (-i), from Middle Iranian *nāvvast, from *nāv- (“ship”) + *vasti- / *vasta- (“driving, leading”), from *vad- (“to lead”). The first is cognate with նաւ (naw), the second part is related to վարեմ (varem).
Noun
նաւաստի • (nawasti)
- sailor, seaman, mariner, sea-faring man
- նաւաստիք ― nawastikʻ ― seamen, sea-faring people, crew
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նաւաստի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նաւաստի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 57