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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian մոծակ (mocak).
Pronunciation
Noun
մոծակ • (mocak)
- gnat, mosquito
- Synonyms: մժեղ (mžeġ), (dialectal) սիվրիսինէկ (sivrisinēk)
Declension
References
- ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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), Leuven: Peeters, page 235
Middle Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Ačaṙean considers մոծակ (mocak) a Northeast Caucasian borrowing: compare Udi моцӏакӏ (moc̣aḳ), dialectal Avar мучак (mučak), Lezgi мичек (miček), Budukh мичек (miček), Lak мичӏак (mičʼak, “mosquito”), Khinalug мичаьг (mičäg, “fly”).[1]
Has also been compared to Chagatai موچاك (mučak, “mosquito”),[1] Northern Kurdish moz,[2] Sanskrit मशक (maśáka),[3] Abkhaz а-мҵ (a-mcʼ, “fly”),[4] dialectal Turkish mucuk (“small fly; small mosquito; sandfly”), mücük (“fly”).[5][6]
According to J̌ahukyan, the Armenian and most of the cognates are onomatopoeic formations, while closely similar Udi моцӏакӏ (moc̣aḳ) is borrowed from Armenian.[4][7]
Noun
մոծակ • (mocak)
- mosquito
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մոծակ”, 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 341ab
- ^ Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17
- ^ Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 151, 182, 256
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 612
- ^ Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, page 59
- ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 108
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մոծակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 533a
Further reading
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “մոծակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press