Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ասպատակ (aspatak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ասպատակ (aspatak)

  1. raider, plunderer
  2. raid, inroad, incursion

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Etymology

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From Iranian *aspataka-, composed of *asp (horse) + *tak- (to run). For the constituents compare Persian اسپ (asp, horse) and Middle Persian tk' (tag, runing; attack), Persian تکیدن (takidan, to run), تک (tak, run).

Noun

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ասպատակ (aspatak)

  1. inroad, incursion (on horse)
    ասպատակ տալ, դնել, սփռել, գծել, արձակել, առնելaspatak tal, dnel, spʻṙel, gcel, arjakel, aṙnelto go marauding, to infest
  2. raider, plunderer (on horse)
    ասպատակ ծովուaspatak covucorsair, pirate, sea-robber

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ասպատակ (aspatak)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասպատակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասպատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասպատակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press