կշտապանակ

կշտապանակ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• կշտամբանակ (kštambanak) – misspelling, confused with կշտամբանք (kštambankʿ)

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 nocʿa, zdipaks ew zčełanaks

   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).30.1:[1]

     Է ծառ, որ կոչի պերեդիքսոն, որ թարգմանի կշտապանակ։

     Ē caṙ, or kočʿi peredikʿson, or tʿargmani 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

i-a-type or i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	կշտապանակ (kštapanak)		կշտապանակք (kštapanakkʿ)
genitive	կշտապանակի (kštapanaki)		? (?)
dative	կշտապանակի (kštapanaki)		? (?)
accusative	կշտապանակ (kštapanak)		կշտապանակս (kštapanaks)
ablative	կշտապանակէ (kštapanakē)		? (?)
instrumental	? (?)		? (?)
locative	կշտապանակի (kštapanaki)		կշտապանակս (kštapanaks)
the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) , “կշտապանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 612
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) , “կշտապանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (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 (2017-07-26) , “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:10.13014/K2S46PVB, →ISBN, page 191
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , “կշտապանակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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