զաւեշտարար

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *զաւեշտ (*zawešt) +‎ առնեմ (aṙnem, “to do, make”). For the first component see զավեշտ (zavešt).

Noun

զաւեշտարար • (zaweštarar)

  1. joker, comedian
    Synonym: կատակերգու (katakergu)

Usage notes

Found in medieval dictionaries.[1][2] The place of attestation is unknown.

Descendants
  • → Armenian: զավեշտարար (zaveštarar)

References
  1. Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975) Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 100
  2. Poġosyan, Norayr (2014), “գեղազանութիւն”, in Norahayt baṙer vaġašxarhabaryan aġbyurnerum (16–18-rd dd.) [Newfound Words in Early Ashkharhabar Sources (16–18th cc.)], Yerevan: University Press, page 52a

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “զաւեշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “զաւեշտարար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “զաւեշտարար”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “զաւեշտարար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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