մարախ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մարախ (marax).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարախ (marax)

  1. Alternative form of մորեխ (morex)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *maδax. Compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬑𐬀 (maδaxa, grasshopper), Baluchi مدگ (madag), مذغ (maδaγ), Persian ملخ (malax); see the latter for more.

Noun

մարախ (marax)

  1. grasshopper, locust
    Coordinate terms: խարագուլ (xaragul), ջորեակ (ǰoreak)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մարախ (marax), մորեխ (morex)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 456b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “մարախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 217a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 274ab
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 192
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 533
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մարախ¹”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 515a