շփոթ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շփոթ (špʿotʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

շփոթ • (špʿotʿ)

  1. confusion, disorder, disarray, trouble

Declension

Adjective

շփոթ • (špʿotʿ) (superlative ամենաշփոթ)

  1. confused, disordered

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • շփոյթ (špʿoytʿ) rare

Etymology

Together with Old Georgian შფოთი (špoti) borrowed from a Middle Iranian formation (probably a past participle) from the root which appears with the preverb *aH- in Parthian 𐫀𐫢𐫏𐫜𐫤 (ʾšyft /⁠āšift⁠/, troubled), 𐫀𐫀𐫢𐫇𐫁 (ʾʾšwb /⁠āšōβ⁠/, turmoil, disturbance), Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾšwpt' /⁠āšuft⁠/, turmoil), Persian آشفتن (âšoftan, to agitate).[1]

Noun

շփոթ • (špʿotʿ)

  1. confusion, disorder, disarray, trouble
    շփոթս յուզել, յարուցանելšpʿotʿs yuzel, yarucʿanelto excite confusion, trouble, sedition
    աղմուկ շփոթի յարուցանելałmuk špʿotʿi yarucʿanelto make a clatter, racket or uproar, to kick up a row
    յայն աղմուկ շփոթիyayn ałmuk špʿotʿiin that disorder

Declension

Adjective

շփոթ • (špʿotʿ)

  1. confused, disordered

Derived terms

  • անըշփոթ (anəšpʿotʿ)
  • անշփոթ (anšpʿotʿ)
  • անշփոթաբար (anšpʿotʿabar)
  • անշփոթապէս (anšpʿotʿapēs)
  • անշփոթելի (anšpʿotʿeli)
  • անշփոթութիւն (anšpʿotʿutʿiwn)
  • անշփոյթ (anšpʿoytʿ)
  • բազմաշփոթ (bazmašpʿotʿ)
  • դիւրաշփոթ (diwrašpʿotʿ)
  • հեշտաշփոթ (heštašpʿotʿ)
  • շփոթաբանութիւն (špʿotʿabanutʿiwn)
  • շփոթաբար (špʿotʿabar)
  • շփոթական (špʿotʿakan)
  • շփոթանք (špʿotʿankʿ)
  • շփոթապէս (špʿotʿapēs)
  • շփոթեմ (špʿotʿem)
  • շփոթումն (špʿotʿumn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: շփոթ (špʿotʿ) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շփոթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 546ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), շփոթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), շփոթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  1. Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 398–401
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