դուստր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դուստր (dustr)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

դուստր (dustr)

  1. daughter

Usage notes[edit]

Colloquially աղջիկ (aġǰik, girl) is used much more often.

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. The plural դստերք (dsterkʻ) is from plural nominative *dʰugh₂téres.

Noun[edit]

դուստր (dustr)

  1. daughter
    դուստր եղբօր/քեռնdustr ełbōr/kʻeṙnniece
    դուստր որդւոյ/դստերdustr ordwoy/dstergrand-daughter
    դստերք քաղաքիdsterkʻ kʻałakʻivillages, suburbs
    դուստր Սիոնիdustr Sionithe old and new Church
    դուստր վերին Սիոնիdustr verin Sionithe Church triumphant
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 2.9b:[1]
      ուստերք քո եւ դստերք իմոյ որովայնի երկք եւ երկունք
      usterkʻ kʻo ew dsterkʻ imoy orovayni erkkʻ ew erkunkʻ
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        your sons and daughters, my womb's labours and birth-pangs

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: դուստր (dustr)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 58

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դուստր”, 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) “դուստր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 244
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դուստր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy