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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian մտրուկ (mtruk).
Pronunciation
Noun
մտրուկ • (mtruk)
- colt, young male horse
- Synonym: քուռակ (kʻuṙak)
- male horse in general
Declension
Old Armenian
- մտրուք (mtrukʻ) — post-Classical
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. An Iranian origin is suspected.
Noun
մտրուկ • (mtruk)
- young ass
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).12.2–3:
[1]- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ վասն ցռուց, թէ իշավայրն երամակապան է։ Յորժամ ծնանիցին մատակքն արու մտրուկ, հայրն ծամէ զկարեւորսն նորա, զի մի ի սերմն եւ ի զարմ բազմանայցէ։
- Baroyaxawsn asē vasn cʻṙucʻ, tʻē išavayrn eramakapan ē. Yoržam cnanicʻin matakkʻn aru mtruk, hayrn camē zkareworsn nora, zi mi i sermn ew i zarm bazmanaycʻē.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the onager that the wild ass is leader of a herd. When the females bring forth a male colt, the father chews its genitals, so that it is not propagated by seed and stock.
- colt, foal, filly
- (botany) colt's foot
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 106, 148
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մտրուկ”, 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 369a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մտրուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- 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 939
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մտրուկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 542b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մտրուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 86