դաստակ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դաստակ (dastak). Doublet of դաստա (dasta).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /dɑsˈtɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tɑsˈdɑɡ/,

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դաստակ • (dastak)

1. (anatomy) wrist
2. (Western Armenian) arm
3. hilt, handle (of a sword)
4. knocker, doorknocker
5. the bar on which the mobile hangs over a cot or crib

• “դաստակ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Borrowed from Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian (dstk' /⁠dastag⁠/), Persian دسته (daste).

դաստակ • (dastak)

1. (anatomy) wrist
2. handle, haft, heft

   դաստակ սրոյ ― dastak sroy ― hilt of a sword

   դաստակս դնել ― dastaks dnel ― to haft, to set in a handle

3. (anatomy) hand, palm

• դաստակետղ (dastaketł)
• երկայնադաստակ (erkaynadastak)

• տստակ (tstak)

• → Armenian: դաստակ (dastak) (learned)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դաստակ”, 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) “դաստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy