իշտահ

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اشتاه (iştah), from Persian اشتها (eštehâ), from Arabic اِشْتِهاء (ištihāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

իշտահ • (ištah) (dialectal)

  1. appetite (desire of or relish for food)
    Synonym: ախորժակ (axoržak)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • իշտախ (ištax), ըշտահ (əštah), ըշտըհա (əštəha), իշթախ (ištʻax), շտահ (štah)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “իշտահ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi 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 žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Pisowicz, Andrzej (2019) “A short phrase book of the Stepanakert variant of the Karabagh dialect”, 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 252
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “իշտահ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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