ասպարէզ

Old Armenian

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾsplys). See also երէզ (erēz).

ասպարէզ • (asparēz)

hippodrome, racecourse
stadion (a unit of length equal to 184.97 meters)
field, place, area, arena
ասպարէզ ըմբշամարտութեան ― asparēz əmbšamartutʻean ― wrestling place

դիմել, իջանել, խոյանալ, ելանել յասպարէզ ― dimel, iǰanel, xoyanal, elanel yasparēz ― to throw oneself, to brave, to descend, to fling, to rush, to hurl in the arena

i-a-type

	singular	plural
nominative	ասպարէզ (asparēz)	ասպարէզք (asparēzkʻ)
genitive	ասպարիզի (asparizi)	ասպարիզաց (asparizacʻ)
dative	ասպարիզի (asparizi)	ասպարիզաց (asparizacʻ)
accusative	ասպարէզ (asparēz)	ասպարէզս (asparēzs)
ablative	ասպարիզէ (asparizē)	ասպարիզաց (asparizacʻ)
instrumental	ասպարիզաւ (asparizaw)	ասպարիզաւք = ասպարիզօք (asparizawkʻ = asparizōkʻ)
locative	ասպարիզի (asparizi)	ասպարէզս (asparēzs)

Armenian: ասպարեզ (asparez)
→? Old Georgian: ასპარეზი (asṗarezi) (or directly from Middle Persian)
- Georgian: ასპარეზი (asṗarezi)

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Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասպարէզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասպարէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ասպարէզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “ասպարէզ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press