Armenian

Adjective

ստամբակ • ‎(stambak) ‎(superlative ամենաստամբակ)

1. (archaic) indocile, disobedient, untractable

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian sthmbk' ‎(stambag, “oppressive; obstinate”). Compare Persian ستنبه ‎(sitanbah, “strong, robust, powerful, bold; litigious, unwilling to listen”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(stəṇbya, “strife”) and Sanskrit स्तभ्नोति ‎(√stambh, “to support, sustain, prop up”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰH- ‎(“to prop up; to be firm, unmoving”). See also ապստամբ ‎(apstamb).

Adjective

ստամբակ • ‎(stambak)

1. indocile, morose, disobedient, reluctant, untractable, froward, restive
2. austere, rude, harsh, rigorous, severe
   • 5th century AD translation, Bible, Luke, 19:21 (in Armenian):

     Երկնչէի ի քէն, զի այր ստամբակ ես․ բառնաս՝ զոր ոչ եդիր, եւ հնձես՝ զոր ոչ սերմանեցեր։

     For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ստամբակ ‎(stambak)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ստամբակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ստամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ստամբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935