վաշտ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վաշտ (vašt). Doublet of կեշտ (kešt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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վաշտ (vašt)

  1. company (military unit)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Georgian: ვაშტი (vašṭi)

Further reading

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Together with Old Georgian ვაშტი (vašṭi) borrowed from Parthian 𐫇𐫢𐫤 (wšt /⁠wašt⁠/) or Middle Persian 𐫇𐫢𐫤 (wšt /⁠wašt⁠/), past participle of 𐫇𐫡𐫅- (wrd- /⁠ward-⁠/, to turn; to twist, writhe; to return, wander; to change), whence Persian گشتن (gaštan).[1][2] For the sense development compare Persian گشت (gašt, going round; patrol, watch), گشتی (gašti, watchman, patrolman). The suffixed վաշտիկ (vaštik) may be wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare the mentioned Persian گشتی (gašti).

Noun

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վաշտ (vašt)

  1. bands, troops of warriors

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1932) “վաշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Armenian), volume VI, a collotype facsimile of the manuscript, Yerevan: University Press, pages 551–552
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վաշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 306b

Further reading

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