ոստայն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ոստայն (ostayn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ոստայն • (ostayn)

  1. (spider's) web, cobweb
  2. (archaic) weaver's loom
  3. (archaic) yarn, thread

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Uncertain.

According to Ačaṙean, analyzable as *ոստ (*ost) + -այն (-ayn), the *ոստ (*ost) being of unknown origin and surviving in modern dialects as ոստ (ost, the spun yarn collected around the spindle).[1]

According to Olsen, *ոստ (*ost) might go back to Proto-Indo-European *poḱ-ti-, ultimately from *peḱ-, whence also Old English feht and Middle Dutch vacht, and -այն (-ayn) may be from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch, to extend).[2][3]

J̌ahukyan connects with ոստ (ost, branch, bough; knot, joint), assuming Proto-Indo-European *sed- (to sit) is underlying both, because textile "sits" on the spindle.[4][5]

Noun

ոստայն • (ostayn)

  1. texture, tissue, web, weft
    ոստայն սարդիostayn sardicob-web, spider's web
    խզել զոստայն կենացxzel zostayn kenacʻto cut the thread of life

Declension

Derived terms

  • միոստայնի (miostayni)
  • ոստայնագործ (ostaynagorc)
  • ոստայնագործեմ (ostaynagorcem)
  • ոստայնանգութիւն (ostaynangutʻiwn)
  • ոստայնանկ (ostaynank)
  • ոստայնանկեմ (ostaynankem)
  • ոստայնանկութիւն (ostaynankutʻiwn)
  • սարդիոստայն (sardiostayn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ոստայն (ostayn)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոստայն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 569b
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 285–286
  3. Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 190
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1979) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences] (in Armenian), number 3, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 30 of 23–34
  5. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ոստ I”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 604ab

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոստայն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոստայն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 565a
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