սպայ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Persian *spāy, from Old Persian *spādah, itself borrowed from Old Median *spāδā (army).

Noun

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սպայ (spay)

  1. army, troops, warriors, cavalry

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սպա (spa)

References

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  • 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