arrowhead

English

**Arrowhead** (plant, *Sagittaria sagittifolia*)

Etymology

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

Noun

arrowhead (plural arrowheads)

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.
The pointed part of an arrow (the symbol).
Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.
Synonyms: duck potato, wapato
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

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)
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
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)
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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Translations to be checked

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

References

arrowhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sagittaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sagittaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons