մոծակ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian մոծակ (mocak).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [mɔˈt͡sɑk]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [mɔˈd͡zɑɡ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - Hyphenation: մո‧ծակ
Noun
մոծակ • (mocak)
- gnat, mosquito
- Synonyms: մժեղ (mžeł), (dialectal) սիվրիսինէկ (sivrisinēk)
- ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 42:[1]
- մոծակ․ մուսօնի
- mocak; musōni
- մոծակ (mocak) = mussòn
- մոծակ․ մուսօնի
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | մոծակ (mocak) | մոծակներ (mocakner) | ||
| dative | մոծակի (mocaki) | մոծակների (mocakneri) | ||
| ablative | մոծակից (mocakicʿ) | մոծակներից (mocaknericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | մոծակով (mocakov) | մոծակներով (mocaknerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | մոծակը/մոծակն (mocakə/mocakn) | մոծակները/մոծակներն (mocaknerə/mocaknern) | ||
| dative | մոծակին (mocakin) | մոծակներին (mocaknerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | մոծակս (mocaks) | մոծակներս (mocakners) | ||
| dative | մոծակիս (mocakis) | մոծակներիս (mocakneris) | ||
| ablative | մոծակիցս (mocakicʿs) | մոծակներիցս (mocaknericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | մոծակովս (mocakovs) | մոծակներովս (mocaknerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | մոծակդ (mocakd) | մոծակներդ (mocaknerd) | ||
| dative | մոծակիդ (mocakid) | մոծակներիդ (mocaknerid) | ||
| ablative | մոծակիցդ (mocakicʿd) | մոծակներիցդ (mocaknericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | մոծակովդ (mocakovd) | մոծակներովդ (mocaknerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
References
- Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 235
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 (mičʼak, “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 (a-mcʼ, “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]
Descendants
- Armenian: մոծակ (mocak)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մոծակ”, 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 341ab
- Капанцян, Г. А. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17
- Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 151, 182, 256
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 612
- Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, page 59
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 108
- 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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