աշտեայ

• աշտէ (aštē), աշտէն (aštēn) – post-classical

From *աշտ (*ašt), from Middle Persian *ašt, from Old Persian *𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎫𐎡 (aršti-, “spear”) (attested in 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎫𐎡𐎣 (uvārštika-, “good spearman”)). Related to Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬌‎ (aršti, “spear, lance”), Sanskrit ऋष्टि (ṛṣṭí, “spear, lance”) and more distantly to Persian خشت‎ (xešt, “javelin, dart, spear”), Northern Kurdish erş (“spear, lance”), [script needed] (häš, “javelin”). Also from Iranian: Avar гӏащтӏи (ʿaš̄ṭi).

աշտեայ • (ašteay)

1. short javelin for throwing from a distance, a dart

• աշտենաւոր (aštenawor)
• աշտէաւոր (aštēawor)

• → Armenian: աշտե (ašte)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աշտեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 102, 510
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 515