աշխէտ

From Middle Median *axšēt, from Proto-Iranian *xšaytah (“shining”). Compare Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‎ (xšaēta, “shining”), Middle Persian šyt' (šēd, “bright; dun horse”), Kurdish şê (“word denoting the coloring of horses”) and the second part of Persian خورشید‎ (xwaršēd, “sun”). See also Աշխէն (Ašxēn).

աշխէտ • (ašxēt)

1. (of a horse) reddish; of a fiery colour

   աշխէտ ձի ― ašxēt ji ― chestnut horse

• աշխետաձի (ašxetaji)

• Armenian: աշխետ (ašxet)

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• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աշխէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աշխէտ”, 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