հաստեայ

The origin is uncertain. According to Martirosyan, one possibility is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(H)es-d-i(h₂)- or deverbative noun *h₂H(e)s-ti-, from *h₂eHs-.

հաստեայ • (hasteay)

1. kind of pastry

Attested only in accusative plural հաստեայս (hasteays).

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հաստեայք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հաստեայք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հաստեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 391