վստահ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վստահ (vstah). Doublet of վստա (vsta) and բստա (bsta).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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վստահ (vstah) (superlative ամենավստահ)

  1. sure, certain, confident
    Վստահ չեմ, թե հասկանում ես։Vstah čʻem, tʻe haskanum es.I'm not sure you understand.

Declension

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Adverb

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վստահ (vstah)

  1. boldly, confidently

Derived terms

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See also

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *vistāhv, from Old Iranian *vistāhuva-. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (wstʾhw' /⁠wistāx⁠/), 𐫇𐫏𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫍 (wystʾh /⁠wistāx⁠/, confident, bold), Persian گستاخ (gostâx). See also բստա (bsta).

Adjective

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վստահ (vstah)

  1. confident, trusting
    վստահ լինելvstah linelto be sure, reassured; to trust
    վստահ առնելvstah aṙnelto strengthen, to reassure, to remove one's fears, to give one's word for
    վստահ եմ զիvstah em ziI am sure, I am convinced that, I do not doubt that
    վստահ լերուք յիսvstah lerukʻ yisrely, reckon on me
    ոչ էր վստահ յերեւելիսսočʻ ēr vstah yerewelisshe had not placed his hopes in wordily things

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վստահ (vstah) (literary), վստա (vsta) (dialectal)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վստահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 684b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “վստահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 831b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 249
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 547
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վստահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 349–350
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wistāx”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 92
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վստահ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 714