նաւաստի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • նաւաստ (nawast) shortened for poetic purposes

Etymology

From *նաւաստ (*nawast, navigation) + (-i), from Middle Iranian *nāvvast, from *nāv- (ship) + *vasti- / *vasta- (driving, leading), from *vad- (to lead). The first is cognate with նաւ (naw), the second part is related to վարեմ (varem).

Noun

նաւաստի • (nawasti)

  1. sailor, seaman, mariner, sea-faring man
    նաւաստիքnawastikʻseamen, sea-faring people, crew

Declension

Derived terms

  • աննաւաստի (annawasti)
  • նաւաստական (nawastakan)
  • նաւաստականութիւն (nawastakanutʻiwn)
  • նաւաստեմ (nawastem)
  • նաւաստիկ (nawastik)
  • նաւաստութիւն (nawastutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: նավաստի (navasti)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նաւաստի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նաւաստի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 57
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