THE ARMS OF ANCIENT IRANIANS BY THE TEXTS OF YOUNG AVESTA: DISTANT WEAPON
Journal Title: Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Історія - Year 2018, Vol 136, Issue 1
Abstract
In paper is provided the analysis of the Young Avestan lexis connected with the terminology of the distant weapon of Ancient Iranians – bow and arrows. The wide range of its differentiation is revealed. The new semantic interpretations and additions are offered to several terms: sruuī.staii- (designation of a horny shaft of an arrow); tiγråŋhō, aŋhū- (designation of bow tips); aštaiiō (the position of four cubit length of bow pull); arəzaži- (metaphor of an arrow); ϑanuuarətan- (metaphor of a bow-string).
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A. Vertiienko
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- EP ID EP544582
- DOI 10.17721/1728-2640.2018.136.1.03
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