մուրհակ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մուրհակ (murhak).

Pronunciation

Noun

մուրհակ (murhak)

  1. (finance) bill of credit, bill of exchange, promissory note
    Synonym: (dialectal) բարաթ (baratʻ)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Middle Persian (mwhlk' /⁠muhrag⁠/) and Classical Persian مهره (muhra), a form suffixed from the word reflected as Middle Persian (mwhr /⁠muhr⁠/, seal), Classical Persian مهر (muhr, seal).

Noun

մուրհակ (murhak)

  1. (sealed) deed

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մուրհակ (murhak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մուրհակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մուրհակ”, 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 197
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մուրհակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy