ասպատակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ասպատակ (aspatak).

Pronunciation

Noun

ասպատակ • (aspatak)

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

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

ասպատակ • (aspatak)

  1. inroad, incursion (on horse)
    ասպատակ տալ, դնել, սփռել, գծել, արձակել, առնել ― aspatak tal, dnel, spʻṙel, gcel, arjakel, aṙnel ― to go marauding, to infest
  2. raider, plunderer (on horse)
    ասպատակ ծովու ― aspatak covu ― corsair, pirate, sea-robber

Declension

Derived terms

  • ասպատակայարձակ (aspatakayarjak)
  • ասպատակաւոր (aspatakawor)
  • ասպատակեմ (aspatakem)
  • ասպատակի (aspataki)
  • դիւրասպատակ (diwraspatak)
  • յասպատակի (yaspataki)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ասպատակ (aspatak)

References

  • 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
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