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ամբաստան

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hnbsʾn' /⁠hambasān⁠/, opponent; opposition), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hnbsʾnynytn' /⁠hanbasānēnīdan⁠/, to accuse, to charge with). Remodelled from *ամբասան (*ambasan), under the influence of դատաստան (datastan) or Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hambastan /⁠hmbstn'⁠/, to form, compose; bind together, intertwine, encircle).

The short form ամբաստ (ambast) attested only once as ամբաստ լինել (ambast linel, to accuse) is an artificial formation, with no etymological value.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ամբաստան (ambastan)

  1. accuser
    ամբաստան լինելambastan linelto accuse
  2. accusation
    Synonym: ամբաստանութիւն (ambastanutʻiwn)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ամբաստանք (ambastankʻ)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամբաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամբաստան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 513
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ամբաստան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • 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, page 334
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1973) Сасанидский судебник (Mātakdān ī hazār dātastān)[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 434
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամբաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy