հասբ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from an Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *Háćwah (horse), probably Northern Kurdish hesp. The only attested form is the n-type instrumental singular հասբամբ (hasbamb) which presupposes a nominative singular *հասբն (*hasbn), but based on the etymology the nominative should rather be reconstructed as *հասբ (*hasb).

The usual reflex of Proto-Iranian *Háĉwah in Armenian is ասպ- (asp-, horse), found exclusively in compounds which are wholly-borrowed from Iranian. These are listed in the Related terms section. The only independent usage of the word outside the compounds occurs in the late form հասբ (hasb) in the quoted passage by Karapet Sasnecʿi.

Noun

հասբ (hasb)

  1. cavalry, cavalry soldiers, horse
    Synonym: հեծելազօր (hecelazōr)
    • 12th century, Karapet Sasnecʿi, Nerbołean yałags varucʿ ew mahuan S. Vardapetin Mesrobay [A Panegyric on the Life and Death of St. Vardapet Mesrob] , (1897 edition, page 18):
      Որ և զմեծ վիրագն և զապականիչ գոռոզն Բարշամ, քառաբիւր գնդաւ և կիսաբիւր հասբամբ հալածական վարէր ընդ Կորդըւիս, և զհսկայասերն՝ առաթուր սատակէր․ և Ասորոց աստուած ընծայէր և հաւասարէր զհարաւայինսն ընդ հարկաւ։
      Or ew zmec viragn ew zapakaničʿ goṙozn Baršam, kʿaṙabiwr gndaw ew kisabiwr hasbamb halacakan varēr ənd Kordəwis, ew zhskayasern, aṙatʿur satakēr; ew Asorocʿ astuac əncayēr ew hawasarēr zharawayinsn ənd harkaw.
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