ալմաս

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ալմաս (almas), from Persian الماس (almâs).

Pronunciation

Noun

ալմաս • (almas)

  1. Alternative form of ալմաստ (almast)

Declension

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ալմաստ (almast), ալմազ (almaz), էլմաս (ēlmas)

Etymology

From Classical Persian الماس (almās). The form էլմաս (ēlmas) is from Ottoman Turkish الماس (elmas). Ačaṙyan explains the -տ (-t) in the form ալմաստ (almast) as an inner-Armenian development, comparing such pairs as Սաղամաս (Sałamas)Սալմաստ (Salmast, Salmas), սուս (sus) → dialectal սուստ (sust, silent), պես (pes) → dialectal -պեստ (-pest, like), ռուս (ṙus) → dialectal ռուստ (ṙust, Russian). But compare Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾlmʾst' /⁠almāst⁠/), Northern Kurdish almast, Zazaki almast.

Noun

ալմաս • (almas)

  1. diamond

Descendants

  • Armenian: ալմաս (almas), ալմաստ (almast)

References

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ալմաս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 19b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ադամանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 80b
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