մոծակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մոծակ (mocak).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [mɔˈt͡sɑk]
  • Hyphenation: մո‧ծակ

Noun

մոծակ (mocak)

  1. gnat, mosquito

Declension


Middle Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Ačaṙean considers մոծակ (mocak) a Northeast Caucasian borrowing: compare Udi моцӏакӏ (moc̣aḳ), dialectal Avar мучак (mučak), Lezgi мичек (miček), Budukh мичек (miček), Lak мичӏак (mič̣ak, mosquito), Khinalug мичаьг (mičäg, fly).[1]

Has also been compared to Chagatai موچاك (mučak, mosquito),[1] Northern Kurdish moz,[2] Sanskrit मशक (maśáka),[3] Abkhaz а-мҵ (ā-mc̣, fly),[4] dialectal Turkish mucuk (small fly; small mosquito; sandfly), mücük (fly)[5][6].

According to J̌ahukyan, the Armenian and most of the cognates are onomatopoeic formations, while closely similar Udi моцӏакӏ (moc̣aḳ) is borrowed from Armenian.[4][7]

Noun

մոծակ (mocak)

  1. mosquito

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), մոծակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 341ab
  2. Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Istoriko-lingvističeskije raboty. Tom II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17
  3. J̌ahukyan (Džaukjan), Geworg (1967) Očerki po istorii dopisʹmennovo perioda armjanskovo jazyka [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 151, 182, 256
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 612
  5. Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 59
  6. Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 108
  7. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), մոծակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 533a

Further reading

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), մոծակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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