Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ասպատակ (aspatak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ասպատակ (aspatak)

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

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Etymology edit

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 edit

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

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ասպատակ (aspatak)

References edit

  • 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