ملخ

From Middle Persian *malax (written as Pazend 𐬨𐬀𐬮𐬀𐬐‎ (malak)), borrowed from Bactrian μαλαχο (malaxo), from Proto-Iranian *madaxa; compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬑𐬀‎ (maδaxa, “grasshopper”), Baluchi مدگ‎ (madag), مذغ‎ (maδaγ), Pashto ملخ‎ (malax, “locust”), Old Armenian loanword մարախ (marax), Ossetian мӕтых (mætyx), Khwarezmian مثخ‎ (mθx). The inherited Southwestern Iranian form is میگ‎ (meyg) (> میگو‎ (meygu)).

ملخ • (malax) (plural ملخ‌ها‎ (malax-hâ))

1. (zoology) grasshopper
2. locust
3. propeller

• ملخک‎ (malaxak)

• → Ottoman Turkish: ملخ‎

• Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud; Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012), “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies‎ (in Persian), volume 2, issue 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 3
• Horn, Paul (1893), “meig”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 1010, page 227
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մարախ”, 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 274ab
• Абаев, В. И. (1973), “mætyx”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 180