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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (mwšt' /mušt/, “fist”), Persian مشت (mošt, “fist; handful”), Sanskrit मुष्टिका (muṣṭikā, “handful”). For the sense development compare Latin manipulus (“handful, bundle”) and Armenian դաստա (dasta, “bundle”) beside Persian دست (dast, “hand”).
Noun
մշտիկ • (mštik)
- bundle, brush, aspergillum usually made of hyssop or thyme and used for sprinkling liquids
- մշտիկ զոպայի ― mštik zopayi ― bundle of hyssop
- sponge
Declension
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մշտիկ”, 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 336b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մշտիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 195
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 457
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մշտիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy