zynʾp̄cʾl

Middle Persian

Etymology

From zyn' (zēn) +‎ ʾp̄cʾl (abzār).

Compare Old Armenian ասպազէն (aspazēn, “horse-armor”), a Middle Iranian borrowing.

Noun

zynʾp̄cʾl • (zēn-abzār)

1. horse-armor

Descendants

• Persian: زین‌افزار (zin-afzâr)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زین افزار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zēn-abzār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 99