մամուխիկ

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Armenian

Etymology

From մամուխ (mamux, sloe; vulva) +‎ -իկ (-ik). Possibly a calque of Turkish amcık.

Adjective

մամուխիկ (mamuxik)

  1. (Van, derogatory) feeble, effeminate (of a man)
    Synonyms: թուլամորթ (tʻulamortʻ), կանացի (kanacʻi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “մամուխիկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 748a
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 10
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “մամուխիկ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 20a
  • Tʻuršyan, Harutʻyun (2018) “մամուխիկ”, in Haykanuš Mesropyan, editor, Baṙaran Vani barbaṙi [Dictionary of Van Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 142b