զիստ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian զիստ (zist); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

զիստ • (zist)

  1. thigh; haunch

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps from զ- (z-) + Proto-Armenian *hisdo-, from Proto-Indo-European *si-sd-o-, reduplication of *sed- (to sit).

Noun

զիստ • (zist)

  1. the fleshy parts between the loins and knee
    զիստ կենդանեացzist kendaneacʻleg
    զիստ կամրջիzist kamrǰistern
    զիստ նաւուzist nawukeel of a ship
  2. seat in a boat

Declension

Derived terms

  • զստափոկ (zstapʻok)
  • զստիկ (zstik)

Descendants

  • Armenian: զիստ (zist)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զիստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զիստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զիստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 275
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