սպայ
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- սպահ (spah)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Persian *spāy, from Old Persian *spādah, itself borrowed from Old Median *spāδā (“army”).
Noun edit
սպայ • (spay)
Declension edit
i-type
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Armenian: սպա (spa)
References edit
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1][1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18