նիզակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian նիզակ (nizak).

Pronunciation

Noun

նիզակ • (nizak)

  1. spear, lance

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *nēzak. Compare Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩‎ (nycky) / nyck' (nēzag). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam.

Noun

նիզակ • (nizak)

  1. lance, spear
    հարուած նիզակի ― haruac nizaki ― spear- or lance-thrust
    ի տէգ նիզակի վառեալ ― i tēg nizaki vaṙeal ― armed with a lance, pikeman
    անտառախիտ նիզակք ― antaṙaxit nizakkʿ ― a forest of spears
    սատակել նիզակաւ գերանդւոյ ― satakel 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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: նիզակ (nizak)

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 [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 451b
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