ասպարէզ

• ասպարէս (asparēs)

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian ʾsplys.

ասպարէզ • (asparēz)

1. hippodrome, racecourse
2. stadion (a unit of length equal to 184.97 meters)
3. field, place, area, arena

   ասպարէզ ըմբշամարտութեան ― asparēz əmbšamartutʿean ― wrestling place

   դիմել, իջանել, խոյանալ, ելանել յասպարէզ ― dimel, iǰanel, xoyanal, elanel yasparēz ― to throw oneself, to brave, to descend, to fling, to rush, to hurl in the arena

• հասբ (hasb)

• Armenian: ասպարեզ (asparez)
• Georgian: ასპარეზი (asṗarezi)

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• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ասպարէզ”, 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
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