սպայ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- սպահ (spah)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian *spʾd (*spāy), from Old Persian *𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (*spāda-), borrowed from Old Median *spāda- (“army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH.
Noun
սպայ • (spay)
Declension
i-type
Derived terms
- սպայասալար (spayasalar)
Descendants
- Armenian: սպա (spa)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1][1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18