փայտօս

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փա̈յդօսթ (pʻäydōstʻ) Van
  • փայտօստ (pʻaytōst)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پایدوس (paydos), پای دوست (pay dost).

Pronunciation

Noun

փայտօս • (pʻaytōs) (Istanbul, traditional orthography)

  1. cessation of work, intermission, recess, respite
    Synonym: բանթող (bantʻoġ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փայտօս”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 345a
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “փայտօս”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 537
  • Riggs, Elias (1847) “փայտօս”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 147a
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