ասպարէզ

• ասպարէս (asparēs)

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

ասպարէզ • (asparēz)

1. hippodrome, racecourse
2. stadion (a unit of length equal to 184.97 meters)
3. 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

• հասբ (hasb)

• 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