arrowhead

English

Etymology

From Middle English arewehede, arowhede, arowheved; equivalent to arrow +‎ head.

Noun

arrowhead (plural arrowheads)

1. The pointed part of an arrow (the weapon).

   Synonym: arrowpoint

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

2. The pointed part of an arrow (the symbol).
3. Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.

   Synonyms: duck potato, wapato

4. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular fence with the point facing towards the ground.

   Synonym: chevron

Derived terms

• broad arrowhead
• delta arrowhead

Translations

the pointed part of an arrow

Apache: Western Apache: besh distʼog Bashkir: башаҡ (başaq) Bulgarian: връх на стрела (vrǎh na strela) Chinese: Mandarin: 箭頭 / 箭头 (zh) (jiàntóu)，箭鏃 / 箭镞 (zh) (jiànzú) Czech: hrot (cs) m Danish: pilespids c Finnish: nuolenkärki (fi), nuolenpää (fi) French: fer de lance (fr) m German: Pfeilspitze (de) f Greek: Ancient: αἰχμή f (aikhmḗ) Hungarian: nyílhegy (hu) Japanese: 鏃 (ja) (やじり, yajiri), 矢尻 (ja) (やじり, yajiri) Navajo: béésh astʼogii, kʼaabéésh Norwegian: Bokmål: pilspiss m Nynorsk: pilspiss m Persian: پیکان (fa) (peykân) Polish: grot (pl) m Portuguese: ponta de flecha f Russian: наконе́чник (ru) m (nakonéčnik) (стрелы́), остриё (ru) n (ostrijó) (стрелы́) Slovak: hrot (sk) m Spanish: punta de flecha f Sundanese: paksi Swedish: pilspets (sv) c Tagalog: palaso Unami: sànàkw Vietnamese: đầu mũi tên

symbol

Bulgarian: знак за високо напрежение (znak za visoko napreženie) Chinese: Cantonese: 箭嘴 (zin3 zeoi2) Mandarin: 箭頭 / 箭头 (zh) (jiàntóu) Finnish: nuolenkärki (fi), nuolenpää (fi) French: fer de lance (fr) m German: Pfeilspitze (de) f Hebrew: ראש חץ m (rosh hetz) Hungarian: nyíl (hu) Portuguese: flecha (pt) f, seta (pt) f Russian: стре́лка (ru) f (strélka)

plant

Bulgarian: стрелоли́ст m (strelolíst) Catalan: sagitària f Chinese: Mandarin: 慈姑 (zh) (cígū) Czech: šípatka f German: Pfeilkraut n Hungarian: nyílfű (hu) Japanese: 慈姑 (くわい, kuwai) Korean: 벗풀 (beotpul) Latin: sagitta (la) f Navajo: táłkááʼbéésh Portuguese: sagitária f Romanian: săgeata-apei (ro) f, săgeata-apelor (ro) f Russian: стрелоли́ст (ru) m (strelolíst) Umatilla: ɨstíˀɨstins

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Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) strelara Telugu: (please verify) ములుకు (te) (muluku)

See also

• elf arrow
• leaf-arrowhead

References

• arrowhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sagittaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sagittaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons