համեստ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian համեստ (hamest).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /hɑˈmest/, [hɑmést]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /hɑˈmesd/, [hɑmést]

համեստ • (hamest) (superlative ամենահամեստ)

1. modest; humble

   համեստ աղջիկ ― hamest aġǰik ― modest girl

2. modest, not big; frugal

   համեստ աշխատավարձ ― hamest ašxatavarj ― modest earnings

3. modest, unassuming, unpretentious

   համեստ զգեստ ― hamest zgest ― modest/simple attire

• անհամեստ (anhamest)

• համեստություն (hamestutʻyun)

From համ (ham, “taste; good taste, moderation”) +‎ -եստ (-est). For the sense development compare Latin sapio. Note also the dialectal synonym համ-ավոր (ham-avor).

համեստ • (hamest)

1. modest, decent
2. reserved, moderate, temperate

• → Armenian: համեստ (hamest) (learned)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 16b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համեստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 26b
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “համեստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համեստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy