ասպականի

From Old Armenian ասպականի (aspakani).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑspɑkɑˈni/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑsbɑɡɑˈni/,
• Hyphenation: աս‧պա‧կա‧նի

ասպականի • (aspakani)

1. (archaic) pack of hunting dogs

• Gayayean, Yovhannēs Tʻ. (1983) “խումբ”, in Baṙaran Ganjaran Hayerēn Lezui [Dictionary Thesaurus of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 3rd edition, Beirut: Hamaskaïne W. Sethian Press, page 197
• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “ասպականի”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 118b
• Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (1967) “խումբ”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 279b

ասպակ (aspak) +‎ -անի (-ani)

ասպականի • (aspakani)

1. pack of hunting dogs

• ասպականասպաս (aspakanaspas)

• Armenian: ասպականի (aspakani)

From Middle Median *aspakanī, from Old Median *spakaniH (“leading the dogs”) from σπάκα (spáka, “dog”), whence ասպակ (aspak).

ասպականի • (aspakani)

1. huntsman, hunter (with dogs)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասպականի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասպականի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասպականի”, 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]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 20