շահաստան

From Old Armenian շահաստան (šahastan); see below.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃɑhɑsˈtɑn/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃɑhɑsˈdɑn/,

շահաստան • (šahastan)

1. (historical) large city with busy commerce, an administrative center of a province or of a canton

• շահստան (šahstan)

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian šhrystʾn (*šahrestān, “province, provincial capital, city”), Middle Persian štr'stʾn' (*šahrestān, “province; capital, city”), Manichaean Middle Persian šhrystʾn (šahrestān, “province; provincial capital, city”), Persian شهرستان (šahrestân, “large fortified city”), شارستان (šârestân, šârastân, “city”).

շահաստան • (šahastan)

1. large city with busy commerce, an administrative center of a province or of a canton

• Armenian: շահաստան (šahastan)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շահաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շահաստան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շահաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• 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 16