Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian նիզակ (nizak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

նիզակ (nizak)

  1. spear, lance

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *nēzak. Compare Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 (nycky) / nyck' (nēzag). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam.

Noun edit

նիզակ (nizak)

  1. lance, spear
    հարուած նիզակիharuac nizakispear- or lance-thrust
    ի տէգ նիզակի վառեալi tēg nizaki vaṙealarmed with a lance, pikeman
    անտառախիտ նիզակքantaṙaxit nizakkʻa forest of spears
    սատակել նիզակաւ գերանդւոյsatakel nizakaw gerandwoyto slay with scythes
  2. (by extension) shaft of the lance or spear
  3. shield with a spear-like point in the center

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: նիզակ (nizak)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նիզակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 529b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նիզակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 425a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նիզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 451b