ոստ

From Old Armenian ոստ (ost).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [vɔst]

ոստ • (ost)

1. branch, bough

• ճյուղ (čyuł)

See Old Armenian ոստայն (ostayn).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [vɔst]

ոստ • (ost)

1. (dialectal) the spun yarn collected around the spindle

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ósdos.

ոստ • (ost)

1. branch, bough (of a tree)

   ոստք մատանց ձեռին ― ostkʿ matancʿ jeṙin ― the fingers

2. knot, joint (on a tree, whence the branches grow)

   ոստովք վարակեալ ― ostovkʿ varakeal ― knotty, nodous, knobby, gnarly

• Armenian: ոստ (ost)
• Georgian: შტო (šṭo)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ոստ”, 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
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ոստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 80
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ոստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

The origin is uncertain.

ոստ • (ost)

1. hill, height, hillock

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ոստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ոստ”, 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
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ոստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy