խիշտ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խիշտ (xišt).

Pronunciation

Noun

խիշտ (xišt)

  1. lance, spear
  2. (colloquial) bayonet

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative խիշտ (xišt) խշտեր (xšter)
dative խշտի (xšti) խշտերի (xšteri)
ablative խշտից (xšticʻ) խշտերից (xštericʻ)
instrumental խշտով (xštov) խշտերով (xšterov)
locative խշտում (xštum) խշտերում (xšterum)
definite forms
nominative խիշտը/խիշտն (xištə/xištn) խշտերը/խշտերն (xšterə/xštern)
dative խշտին (xštin) խշտերին (xšterin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative խիշտս (xišts) խշտերս (xšters)
dative խշտիս (xštis) խշտերիս (xšteris)
ablative խշտիցս (xšticʻs) խշտերիցս (xštericʻs)
instrumental խշտովս (xštovs) խշտերովս (xšterovs)
locative խշտումս (xštums) խշտերումս (xšterums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative խիշտդ (xištd) խշտերդ (xšterd)
dative խշտիդ (xštid) խշտերիդ (xšterid)
ablative խշտիցդ (xšticʻd) խշտերիցդ (xštericʻd)
instrumental խշտովդ (xštovd) խշտերովդ (xšterovd)
locative խշտումդ (xštumd) խշտերումդ (xšterumd)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Persian خشت (xešt, javelin, dart).

Noun

խիշտ (xišt)

  1. (post-Classical) lance, spear

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խիշտ (xišt)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խիշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խիշտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press