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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Median *axšēt, from Proto-Iranian *xšaytah (“shining”). Compare Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (xšaēta, “shining”), Middle Persian šyt' (šēd, “bright; dun horse”), Northern Kurdish şê (“word denoting the coloring of horses”) and the second part of Persian خورشید (xwaršêd, “sun”). See also Աշխէն (Ašxēn).
Adjective
աշխէտ • (ašxēt)
- (of a horse) reddish; of a fiery colour
- աշխէտ ձի ― ašxēt ji ― chestnut horse
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Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աշխէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աշխէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աշխէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press