ախմախ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ախմախ (axmax).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ախմախ (axmax) (superlative ամենաախմախ) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. stupid, foolish, unintelligent

Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَحْمَق (ʔaḥmaq), probably via Old Anatolian Turkish.

Adjective

ախմախ (axmax)

  1. stupid, foolish, unintelligent
    • 12th century, Nersēs Šnorhali, Riddles :
      Խելքդ է ախմախ, միտքդ է մոլոր
      [] Xelkʻd ē axmax, mitkʻd ē molor []

Descendants

  • Armenian: ախմախ (axmax)

References

  1. ^ Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) Hay miǰnadaryan hanelukner (V—XVIII dd.) [Medieval Armenian Riddles (5–18th Centuries)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 342

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ախմախ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 65
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ախմախ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 20b