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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մետաքս (metakʻs).
Pronunciation
Noun
մետաքս • (metakʻs)
- silk
- Synonym: աբրեշում (abrešum)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).
Noun
մետաքս • (metakʻs)
- silk
11th century,
Grigor Magistros,
Grigor Magistrosi tʻłtʻerə :
[1]- Ասեն ի գռեհիկս թե մուրցացի ոմն զկանափ մետաքս կարծեալ ի Թրակացիս տանէր վաճառել․
- Asen i gṙehiks tʻe murcʻacʻi omn zkanapʻ metakʻs karceal i Tʻrakacʻis tanēr vačaṙel;
Declension
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References
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մետաքս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մետաքս”, 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) “մետաքս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy