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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (pdk', “foot-soldier, courier”), Persian پیک (peyk, “messenger”).
Noun
պայիկ • (payik)
- footman, guardian
Declension
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պայիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 17ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պայիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 220
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պայիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy