փայտօս

փայտօս

Armenian

Alternative forms

• փա̈յդօսթ (pʿäydōstʿ) – Van
• փայտօստ (pʿaytōst)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پایدوس‎ (paydos), پای دوست‎ (pay dost).

Pronunciation

• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [pʰɑjˈdɔs]

Noun

փայտօս • (pʿaytōs) (Istanbul, traditional orthography)

1. cessation of work, intermission, recess, respite

   Synonym: բանթող (bantʿoł)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902) , “փայտօս”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The Influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Words Borrowed from Turkish in the Vernacular Armenian Language of Constantinople in Comparison with the Dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow, Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 345a
• Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) , “փայտօս”, in Baṙgirkʿ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 537
• Riggs, Elias (1847) , “փայտօս”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 147a