"ոստիկան" meaning in Old Armenian

See ոստիկան in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowing from Middle Iranian; compare Middle Persian ʾwstykʾn' (ōstīgān, “firm, strong, sure, reliable”) and see there for more. Ačaṙean explains the sense development as ‘reliable, faithful’ → ‘ruler's confidant’ → ‘ruler's officer’ and points to Old Armenian հաւատարիմ (hawatarim, “reliable, faithful”) which is often applied to the king's officers. Etymology templates: {{bor|xcl|ira-mid}} Middle Iranian, {{cog|pal|ʾwstykʾn'||firm, strong, sure, reliable|tr=ōstīgān}} Middle Persian ʾwstykʾn' (ōstīgān, “firm, strong, sure, reliable”), {{cog|xcl|հաւատարիմ||reliable, faithful}} Old Armenian հաւատարիմ (hawatarim, “reliable, faithful”) Head templates: {{head|xcl|noun|cat2=|g=|head=}} ոստիկան • (ostikan), {{xcl-noun}} ոստիկան • (ostikan) Inflection templates: {{xcl-decl-noun|ոստիկան|11=ոստիկանաց|13=ոստիկան|15=ոստիկանս|17=ոստիկանէ|19=ոստիկանաց|21=ոստիկանաւ|23=ոստիկանաւք = ոստիկանօք|25=ոստիկանի|27=ոստիկանս|3=ոստիկանք|5=ոստիկանի|7=ոստիկանաց|9=ոստիկանի|note=|type=i-a-type}} Forms: ostikan [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ոստիկան [nominative, singular], ոստիկանք [nominative, plural], ոստիկանի [genitive, singular], ոստիկանաց [genitive, plural], ոստիկանի [dative, singular], ոստիկանաց [dative, plural], ոստիկան [accusative, singular], ոստիկանս [accusative, plural], ոստիկանէ [ablative, singular], ոստիկանաց [ablative, plural], ոստիկանաւ [instrumental, singular], ոստիկանաւք = ոստիկանօք (ostikanawkʻ = ostikanōkʻ) [instrumental, plural], ոստիկանի [locative, singular], ոստիկանս [locative, plural]
  1. inspector, officer
    Sense id: en-ոստիկան-xcl-noun-L8YA~~3m Categories (other): Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header, Old Armenian links with redundant alt parameters, Old Armenian links with redundant wikilinks, Occupations Disambiguation of Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header: 12 35 19 35 Disambiguation of Old Armenian links with redundant alt parameters: 14 30 26 30 Disambiguation of Old Armenian links with redundant wikilinks: 12 32 23 32 Disambiguation of Occupations: 48 52
  2. ostikan
    Sense id: en-ոստիկան-xcl-noun-swzvMsli Categories (other): Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header, Old Armenian links with redundant alt parameters, Old Armenian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header: 12 35 19 35 Disambiguation of Old Armenian links with redundant alt parameters: 14 30 26 30 Disambiguation of Old Armenian links with redundant wikilinks: 12 32 23 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 41 9 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 46 5 46 Disambiguation of Occupations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ոստիկանութիւն (ostikanutʻiwn), ոստիկանաբար (ostikanabar) 
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ostikanutʻiwn",
      "word": "ոստիկանութիւն"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ostikanabar",
      "word": "ոստիկանաբար"
    }
  ],
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          "expansion": "Armenian: ոստիկան (ostikan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "firm, strong, sure, reliable",
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        "3": "",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "xcl-noun-ի-ա",
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      "form": "ոստիկան",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "ոստիկանք",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "ոստիկանս",
      "roman": "ostikans",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ոստիկանէ",
      "roman": "ostikanē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ոստիկանաց",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "ոստիկանաւ",
      "roman": "ostikanaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ոստիկանաւք = ոստիկանօք (ostikanawkʻ = ostikanōkʻ)",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "ostikans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "cat2": "",
        "g": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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        "13": "ոստիկան",
        "15": "ոստիկանս",
        "17": "ոստիկանէ",
        "19": "ոստիկանաց",
        "21": "ոստիկանաւ",
        "23": "ոստիկանաւք = ոստիկանօք",
        "25": "ոստիկանի",
        "27": "ոստիկանս",
        "3": "ոստիկանք",
        "5": "ոստիկանի",
        "7": "ոստիկանաց",
        "9": "ոստիկանի",
        "note": "",
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          "_dis": "12 35 19 35",
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          "_dis": "14 30 26 30",
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          "_dis": "12 32 23 32",
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          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "xcl:Occupations",
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        }
      ],
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        "inspector, officer"
      ],
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          "inspector",
          "inspector"
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          "officer"
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        {
          "_dis": "12 32 23 32",
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          "ostikan",
          "ostikan"
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "Old Armenian lemmas",
    "Old Armenian links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Old Armenian links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Old Armenian nouns",
    "Old Armenian terms borrowed from Middle Iranian languages",
    "Old Armenian terms derived from Middle Iranian languages",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "roman": "ostikanutʻiwn",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ոստիկան",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ոստիկանք",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ոստիկանս",
      "roman": "ostikans",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ոստիկանէ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "ոստիկանաց",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ոստիկանաւք = ոստիկանօք (ostikanawkʻ = ostikanōkʻ)",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "ոստիկանի",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "ոստիկանս",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "17": "ոստիկանէ",
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        "inspector, officer"
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