խիշտ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian խիշտ (xišt).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խիշտ (xišt)

  1. lance, spear
  2. (colloquial) bayonet

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian خشت (xešt, javelin, dart).

Noun[edit]

խիշտ (xišt)

  1. (post-Classical) lance, spear

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խիշտ (xišt)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խիշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խիշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press