մուշտակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մուշտակ (muštak), from Middle Persian *muštak.

Pronunciation

Noun

մուշտակ • (muštak)

  1. fur, pelt (of an animal)
  2. fur coat

Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian *մուշտակ (*muštak), from Middle Persian *muštak, whence Persian مشته (mošta) and Arabic مُسْتَقَة (mustaqa, fur coat with long sleeves).

Noun

մուշտակ • (muštak)

  1. fur, pelt (of an animal)
    • 12th century, Nersēs Šnorhali, Riddles :[1]
      [] Ինք խաւ ի վեր մուշտակ ունէր []
      [] Inkʻ xaw i ver muštak unēr []
  2. fur coat

Derived terms

  • մշտակակար (mštakakar)
  • մուշտակել (muštakel)
  • մուշտկար (muštkar)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մուշտակ (muštak)

References

  1. Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) Hay miǰnadaryan hanelukner (V—XVIII dd.) [Medieval Armenian Riddles (5–18th Centuries)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 289

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մուշտակ”, 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, pages 360–361
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1901) “Mütze und Verwantes”, in Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum, volume 45, pages 425–426
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “մուշտակ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 525
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մուշտակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 533b
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