զահմաթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian զահմաթ (zahmatʿ), from Arabic زَحْمَة (zaḥma), in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish زحمت (zahmet) and Azerbaijani zəhmət.

Pronunciation

Noun

զահմաթ (zahmatʿ) (dialectal)

  1. trouble, inconvenience
    Synonym: նեղություն (nełutʿyun)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:[1]
      զահմէթ․ ըսքօմօտօ
      zahmētʿ; əskʿōmōtō
      զարար (zarar) = scomodo
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:[1]
      զահմէթ տալ․ ըսքօմօտարէ
      zahmētʿ tal; əskʿōmōtarē
      զահմէթ տալ (zahmētʿ tal) = scomodare

Declension

Alternative forms

  • զահմեթ (zahmetʿ), զա̈խմա̈թ (zäxmätʿ), զա̈հմա̈թ (zähmätʿ)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), զահմէթ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), զահմաթ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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