ամբաստան
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ամբաստ (ambast)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hnbsʾn' /hambasān/, “opponent; opposition”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hnbsʾnynytn' /hanbasānēnīdan/, “to accuse, to charge with”). Remodelled from *ամբասան (*ambasan), under the influence of դատաստան (datastan) or Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hambastan /hmbstn'/, “to form, compose; bind together, intertwine, encircle”).
The short form ամբաստ (ambast) attested only once as ամբաստ լինել (ambast linel, “to accuse”) is an artificial formation, with no etymological value.
Noun
ամբաստան • (ambastan)
- accuser
- ամբաստան լինել ― ambastan linel ― to accuse
- accusation
- Synonym: ամբաստանութիւն (ambastanutʿiwn)
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ամբաստան (ambastan) | ամբաստանք (ambastankʿ) | |
| genitive | ամբաստանի (ambastani) | ամբաստանաց (ambastanacʿ) | |
| dative | ամբաստանի (ambastani) | ամբաստանաց (ambastanacʿ) | |
| accusative | ամբաստան (ambastan) | ամբաստանս (ambastans) | |
| ablative | ամբաստանէ (ambastanē) | ամբաստանաց (ambastanacʿ) | |
| instrumental | ամբաստանաւ (ambastanaw) | ամբաստանաւք = ամբաստանօք (ambastanawkʿ = ambastanōkʿ) | |
| locative | ամբաստանի (ambastani) | ամբաստանս (ambastans) |
Derived terms
- ամբաստանական (ambastanakan)
- ամբաստանեմ (ambastanem)
- ամբաստանութիւն (ambastanutʿiwn)
Descendants
- → Armenian: ամբաստանք (ambastankʿ)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ամբաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ամբաստան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 513
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ամբաստան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- 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 334
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1973) Sasanidskij sudebnik (Mātakdān ī hazār dātastān) (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 434
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ամբաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy