շուշտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Classical Persian ششت (šušt, vile, detestable, deformed, shameful, bad).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

շուշտ (šušt) (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. impudent, insolent
    Synonym: հանդուգն (handugn)
    • c. 1720, Ełia Mušełyan Karnecʿi, Tʿurkʿeren–hayeren baṙaran [Turkic–Armenian dictionary] Յ.104:[2]
      Յուզսուզ = շուշտ, անդուգ
      Yuzsuz = šušt, andug
      یوزسز (yüzsüz) = impudent, insolent

Derived terms

  • շշտություն (šštutʿyun)
  • շշտաբար (šštabar)

References

  1. Ełia Mušełyan Karnecʿi (1986), B. L. Čʿugaszyan, editor, Tʿurkʿeren-hayeren baṙaran [Turkic–Armenian dictionary], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 146
  2. Ełia Mušełyan Karnecʿi (1986), B. L. Čʿugaszyan, editor, Tʿurkʿeren-hayeren baṙaran [Turkic–Armenian dictionary], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 67

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շուշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 537a
  • Nierszesovicz, Deodatus (1695), temerarius”, in Dictionarium Latino-Armenum [Latin–Armenian Dictionary], Rome: typis Sacrae Congr. de Propag. Fide, pages 534b

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Likely related to Old Armenian շուշեմ (šušem, to be neglectful) and both possibly borrowed from Iranian: compare Classical Persian سست (sust, feeble, weak; lazy, idle; slow; relaxed, negligent). Middle Armenian շուշտանդամ (šuštandam, impotent) is certainly considered a borrowing from the synonymous Persian سست اندام (sost-andâm).

Adjective

շուշտ (šušt)

  1. uncertain, dithering
    • 5th century, Eusebius of Emesa, Čaṙkʿ [Homilies] 5.Vasn čʿarčʿaranacʿn [De passione].6:[1][2]
      Ո՞վ, ասեն, եբաց զդորա զաչսդ։ Ի շո՛ւշտ կային, յուրաստ լինէին․ Մեք ոչ գիտեմք․ զդա՛ իսկ հարցէք
      O?v, asen, ebacʿ zdora začʿsd. I šúšt kayin, yurast linēin; Mekʿ očʿ gitemkʿ; zdá isk harcʿēkʿ
      Who, they asked, opened his eyes? They dithered and disavowed: we don't know, ask him yourselves.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: շուշտակ (šuštak), շուշտիկ (šuštik, silly, light-headed); շուշտեմ (šuštem, I don't know whether, methinks)

References

  1. Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (2010), շուշտ”, in Grabari baṙaran. Nor haykazyan baṙaranum čʿvkayvac baṙer [Dictionary of Old Armenian. Words Unattested in the New Haykazyan Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, page 223a, the homily number misprinted as '7' instead of '5'

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