хомяк

Borrowed from Russian хомяк (xomjak), probably influenced by an Iranian language (cf. Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (hamaēstar, “pest, one who makes mess”)).

хо́мяк • (hómjak) m

1. hamster (small, short-tailed European rodent)

   Synonym: хамстер (hamster)

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Inherited from Old East Slavic хомѧкъ (xomękŭ), хомѣкъ (xoměkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xomě̀kъ, from *xoměstorъ (“hamster”).

• IPA^(key): [xɐˈmʲak]

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хомя́к • (xomják) m anim or m inan (genitive хомяка́, nominative plural хомяки́, genitive plural хомяко́в, diminutive хомячо́к)

1. hamster (small, short-tailed European rodent)

   Synonym: ка́рбыш (kárbyš)

2. (dialectal) rat
3. (colloquial) sluggish person
4. (Internet slang) homepage

   Synonyms: дома́шняя страни́ца (domášnjaja straníca), нача́льная страни́ца (načálʹnaja straníca), загла́вная страни́ца (zaglávnaja straníca), ста́ртовая страни́ца (stártovaja straníca)

5. (Internet slang, derogatory) fanboy, lemming, narrow-minded follower (usually of a blogger or a virtual community)

• хомячий (xomjačij), хомяковый (xomjakovyj), хомячковый (xomjačkovyj)
• хомячить (xomjačitʹ)
• по-хомячьи (po-xomjačʹi)
• хомяко́вина (xomjakóvina)

• Dal, Vladimir (1909), “хомя́къ”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 4, 3rd edition, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 1219
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “хомяк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 350
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хомяк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress