μαρκαόνω

Cappadocian Greek

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, perhaps by metathesis from Old Armenian *մաքռիլ (*makʿṙil), a dialectal shortening of մաքառիլ (makʿaṙil).

Verb

μαρκαόνω (markaóno)

  1. to fight

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մաքառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 291a
  • Καρολίδης, Παύλος (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 92
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