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նիզակ

նիզակ

Armenian

Noun

նիզակ (nizak)

  1. spear, lance

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *nēzak. Compare Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 / nyck' (nēzag), Persian نیزه (neyze).

Noun

նիզակ (nizak)

  1. lance, spear
    հարուած նիզակիharuac nizaki ― spear- or lance-thrust
    ի տէգ նիզակի վառեալi tēg nizaki vaṙeal ― armed with a lance, pikeman
    անտառախիտ նիզակքantaṙaxit nizakkʿ ― a forest of spears
    սատակել նիզակաւ գերանդւոյsatakel nizakaw gerandwoy ― to slay with scythes
  2. (by extension) shaft of the lance or spear
  3. shield with a spear-like point in the center

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), նիզակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 529b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), նիզակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 425a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), նիզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 451b