սամտի
Old Armenian
Etymology
From an unknown root *սամ- (*sam-) + -տի (-ti). Compare անգտի (angti).
Noun
սամտի • (samti)
- prostitute
Usage notes
The word is a hapax legomenon
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “angti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 71
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սամտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press