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Issue 136 (2018)

H. Vertiienko, PhD in History, Research Officer

A.Yu. Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies,

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2018.136.1.03

THE ARMS OF ANCIENT IRANIANS BY THE TEXTS OF YOUNG AVESTA: DISTANT WEAPON

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).

Keywords: Young Avesta, terminology, weapon, bow, arrows, arrowheads.

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