ղաստի

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ղասդի (ġasdi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Armenian ղաստի (ġasti), from Arabic قَصْدِيّ (qaṣdiyy, “intentional”), from قَصْد (qaṣd).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʁɑsˈti/, [ʁɑstí]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʁɑsˈdi/, [ʁɑstí]

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Adverb

ղաստի • (ġasti) (dialectal)

1. on purpose

   ղաստի էս անո՞ւմ

   ġasti ēs anu^?m

   are you doing it on purpose?

Synonyms

• դիտմամբ (ditmamb)

References

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ղասդի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House.