agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns) · office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant) · mass; office
köken: From Middle High German ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, ambt, amt, from Old High German ambahti, ambaht, from Proto-West Germanic *ambaht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The Middle High German contracted form amb(e)t developed quite regularly, via also attested ammet or ambt, into modern German Amt. Cognate with Dutch ambacht and ambt,…
köken: Old Russian and pre-Reform постъ (post), as it were Proto-Slavic *postъ, a loan from Old High German fasta (“fast”) (8th century, a feminine noun from the root of Proto-Germanic *fastāną), presumably first in this sense in Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), gloss of νηστεία (nēsteía).
function (what something does or is used for) · function (a professional or official position) · function (a routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der. Proto-Italic *fungōr Latin fungor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fūnctiōlbor. Polish funkcja Learned borrowing from Latin fūnctiō. First attested in 1656–1688.
function · function (math: a relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs) · function (programming: routine that returns a result)
fast (religious (usually Christian) abstinence from meat and other animal products) · a day or time of the year when a fast is observed
çekim: çoğul по́сти
köken: Inherited from Old Church Slavonic постъ (postŭ), from Proto-Slavic *postъ. Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), Old High German fasten and English fast (in this sense).