շտապ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շտապ (štap), borrowed from an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *stap- (to hasten, (op)press), from Proto-Indo-European *step- (to press, step).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

շտապ • (štap) (superlative ամենաշտապ)

  1. urgent, pressing
    Synonym: վռազ (vṙaz)
  2. prompt, immediate, speedy

Declension

Adverb

շտապ • (štap)

  1. urgently

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*star”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
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