մտրակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մտրակ (mtrak).

Pronunciation

Noun

մտրակ (mtrak)

  1. whip, lash

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܡܛܪܩܐ (maṭrəqā), which is related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ); see there for more.

Noun

մտրակ (mtrak)

  1. whip
    մտրակ չուանեայmtrak čʿuaneaywhip-cord
    մտրակ հեծելոցmtrak hecelocʿriding-whip
    հարուածք մտրակացharuackʿ mtrakacʿlash, cut, stroke of a whip
  2. spur
    մտրակ ի կուշտ առնել երիվարացmtrak i kušt aṙnel erivaracʿto set spurs to a horse, to spur on, to gallop
  3. (figuratively) stimulus

Declension

Derived terms

  • մտրակավար (mtrakavar)
  • մտրակեմ (mtrakem)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մտրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մտրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մտրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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