փշատ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian փշատ (pʿšat).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰəˈʃɑt]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰəˈʃɑd]
Noun
փշատ • (pʿšat)
- oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia
- Synonyms: փշատենի (pʿšateni), փշատի (pʿšati)
- fruit of oleaster
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | փշատ (pʿšat) | փշատներ (pʿšatner) | ||
| dative | փշատի (pʿšati) | փշատների (pʿšatneri) | ||
| ablative | փշատից (pʿšaticʿ) | փշատներից (pʿšatnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | փշատով (pʿšatov) | փշատներով (pʿšatnerov) | ||
| locative | փշատում (pʿšatum) | փշատներում (pʿšatnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | փշատը/փշատն (pʿšatə/pʿšatn) | փշատները/փշատներն (pʿšatnerə/pʿšatnern) | ||
| dative | փշատին (pʿšatin) | փշատներին (pʿšatnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | փշատս (pʿšats) | փշատներս (pʿšatners) | ||
| dative | փշատիս (pʿšatis) | փշատներիս (pʿšatneris) | ||
| ablative | փշատիցս (pʿšaticʿs) | փշատներիցս (pʿšatnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | փշատովս (pʿšatovs) | փշատներովս (pʿšatnerovs) | ||
| locative | փշատումս (pʿšatums) | փշատներումս (pʿšatnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | փշատդ (pʿšatd) | փշատներդ (pʿšatnerd) | ||
| dative | փշատիդ (pʿšatid) | փշատներիդ (pʿšatnerid) | ||
| ablative | փշատիցդ (pʿšaticʿd) | փշատներիցդ (pʿšatnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | փշատովդ (pʿšatovd) | փշատներովդ (pʿšatnerovd) | ||
| locative | փշատումդ (pʿšatumd) | փշատներումդ (pʿšatnerumd) | ||
Descendants
- → Turkish: pışat
- → Georgian: ფშატი (pšaṭi)
- → Russian: пшат (pšat) (Transcaucasia)
Middle Armenian
Etymology
Traditionally considered a derivative of փուշ (pʿuš, “thorn, prickle”), because oleaster is thorny.[1][2] But Mkrtchyan considers this a folk etymology and derives փշատ (pʿšat) from an unattested Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *paiš- (“to crush, grind”), whence Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬱𐬀𐬧𐬙- (pišaṇt-, “crushing, bruising”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pst /pist/, “browned flour”), Persian پست (pest, “flour, meal; browned flour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to grind, crush”), because oleaster fruits are used for making sweet flour.[3]
Noun
փշատ • (pʿšat)
- fruit of oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia
Derived terms
- փշատի (pʿšati)
Descendants
- Armenian: փշատ (pʿšat)
- → Turkish: pışat
- → Georgian: ფშატი (pšaṭi)
- → Russian: пшат (pšat) (Transcaucasia)
References
- Schröder, Johann Joachim (1711) Thesaurus linguae Armenicae antiquae et hodiernae, Amsterdam, pages 340–341
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փշատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 508ab
- Mkrtčʿyan, Nerses (2004), “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʿumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 3, page 186
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “փշատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “փշատ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “փշատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy