ստամբակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ստամբակ (stambak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ստամբակ (stambak) (superlative ամենաստամբակ)

  1. (archaic) indocile, disobedient, untractable

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian sthmbk' (stambag, oppressive; obstinate). Compare Persian ستنبه (setanbah, strong, robust, powerful, bold; litigious, unwilling to listen), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬧𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (stəṇbiia, strife) and Sanskrit स्तभ्नोति (stabhnoti, to support, sustain, prop up); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰH- (to prop up; to be firm, unmoving). See also ապստամբ (apstamb).

Adjective

ստամբակ (stambak)

  1. indocile, morose, disobedient, reluctant, untractable, froward, restive
  2. austere, rude, harsh, rigorous, severe
    • 5th century, Bible, Luke 19.21:
      Երկնչէի ի քէն, զի այր ստամբակ ես․ բառնաս՝ զոր ոչ եդիր, եւ հնձես՝ զոր ոչ սերմանեցեր։
      Erknčʿēi i kʿēn, zi ayr stambak es; baṙnas, zor očʿ edir, ew hnjes, zor očʿ sermanecʿer.
      For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

Declension

Derived terms

  • անստամբակելի (anstambakeli)
  • խեռաստամբակութիւն (xeṙastambakutʿiwn)
  • խստամբակ (xstambak)
  • խստամբակութիւն (xstambakutʿiwn)
  • ստամբակեմ (stambakem)
  • ստամբակերէն (stambakerēn)
  • ստամբակութիւն (stambakutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ստամբակ (stambak)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ստամբակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ստամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ստամբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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