դաստակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դաստակ (dastak). Doublet of դաստա (dasta).

Pronunciation

Noun

դաստակ • (dastak)

  1. (anatomy) wrist
  2. (Western Armenian) arm
  3. hilt, handle (of a sword)
  4. knocker, doorknocker
  5. the bar on which the mobile hangs over a cot or crib

Declension

References

  • դաստակ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dstk' /⁠dastag⁠/), Persian دسته (daste).

Noun

դաստակ • (dastak)

  1. (anatomy) wrist
  2. handle, haft, heft
    դաստակ սրոյdastak sroyhilt of a sword
    դաստակս դնելdastaks dnelto haft, to set in a handle
  3. (anatomy) hand, palm

Declension

Derived terms

  • դաստակետղ (dastaketł)
  • երկայնադաստակ (erkaynadastak)
  • տստակ (tstak)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դաստակ (dastak) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դաստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դաստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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