դաշտան

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian դաշտան (daštan).

Pronunciation

Noun

դաշտան • (daštan)

  1. menstruation

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • դաշտանաբեր (daštanaber)
  • դաշտանադադար (daštanadadar)
  • դաշտանային (daštanayin)
  • դաշտանատություն (daštanatutʻyun)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian dštʾn' (daštān).

Noun

դաշտան • (daštan)

  1. menstruation
    տուն դաշտանացtun daštanacʻsecluded place for menstruous women
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʻarpecʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] :[1]
      [] և զկէսս տունս դաշտանաց և աղտեղութեան շինէք []
      [] ew zkēss tuns daštanacʻ ew ałtełutʻean šinēkʻ []

Declension

Adjective

դաշտան • (daštan)

  1. menstruous, menstruating

Declension

Derived terms

  • դաշտանիկ (daštanik)
  • դաշտանութիւն (daštanutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դաշտան (daštan)

References

  1. Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 80

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաշտան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դաշտան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 135
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դաշտան”, 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 624a
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