Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian խիշտ (xišt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խիշտ (xišt)

  1. lance, spear
  2. (colloquial) bayonet

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Persian خشت (xešt, javelin, dart).

Noun edit

խիշտ (xišt)

  1. (post-Classical) lance, spear

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խիշտ (xišt)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “խիշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “խիշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press