ոստանիկ

See also: Ոստանիկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ոստանիկ (ostanik).

Pronunciation

Noun

ոստանիկ (ostanik)

  1. (historical) a free inhabitant of a ոստան (ostan)
  2. courtier
  3. (as an adjective) noble

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

ոստան (ostan) + -իկ (-ik)

Noun

ոստանիկ (ostanik)

  1. a free inhabitant of a ոստան (ostan)

Declension

Adjective

ոստանիկ (ostanik)

  1. of the royal family, noble
  2. of the royal court

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ոստանիկ (ostanik)

Further reading

  • Adoncʿ, Nikołayos (2006) Erker. hat. A., Patmagitakan usumnasirutʿyunner [Works. Volume I, Historical Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 105–112
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ոստանիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors (1982), ոստանիկներ”, in Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume 8, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʿyun, page 640ab
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), ոստանիկ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ոստանիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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