մետաքս

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մետաքս (metakʻs).

Pronunciation

Noun

մետաքս • (metakʻs)

  1. silk
    Synonym: աբրեշում (abrešum)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).

Noun

մետաքս • (metakʻs)

  1. silk
    • 11th century, Grigor Magistros, Grigor Magistrosi tʻłtʻerə [The letters of Grigor Magistros] :[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

Derived terms

  • բազմամետաքս (bazmametakʻs)
  • մետաքսագործ (metakʻsagorc)
  • մետաքսահիւս (metakʻsahiws)
  • մետաքսառէչ (metakʻsaṙēčʻ)
  • մետաքսեայ (metakʻseay)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մետաքս (metakʻs)

References

  1. Kostaneancʻ, Karapet (1910) Grigor Magistrosi tʻġtʻerə [The letters of Grigor Magistros], Alexandropol: Gēorg Sanoyeancʻ Press, page 231

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
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