միշտ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian միշտ (mišt).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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միշտ (mišt)

  1. always
    Antonym: երբեք (erbekʻ)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hmyšk' /⁠hamēšag⁠/, always).

Adverb

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միշտ (mišt)

  1. always
    Synonym: հանապազ (hanapaz)
    որպէս միշտնorpēs mištnas usual, as before, as formerly

Adjective

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միշտ (mišt)

  1. eternal

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “միշտ”, 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) “միշտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 91b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “միշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 465b of 459–465