մաշկաթև

From Middle Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʿew), from Old Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʿew, “having a wing of skin”), originally an epithet of the bat.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [mɑʃkɑˈtʰɛv]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [mɑʃkɑˈtʰɛv]
• Hyphenation: մաշ‧կա‧թեւ

մաշկաթև • (maškatʿew)

1. (rare) bat

• չղջիկ (čʿłǰik)

մաշկաթև • (maškatʿew)

1. having a wing of skin

• “մաշկաթև”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “մաշկաթև”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 26b

• մաշկթեւ (mašktʿew)

From Old Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʿew, “having a wing of skin”), originally an epithet of the bat.

մաշկաթև • (maškatʿew), genitive singular մաշկաթեւի (maškatʿewi)

1. bat
   • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʿ Tʿṙčʿnocʿ [Praise of Birds] 222.–225:[1]

     Մաշկաթեւին փետուր չկայր,
     Զինչ որ գործէ զսէկըն կաւշկար․
     Ունի ականջ ու ագին ի վայր,
     Յիստակ զեդ մուկն է ոստըւար։

     Maškatʿewin pʿetur čʿkayr,
     Zinčʿ or gorcē zsēkən kawškar;
     Uni akanǰ u agin i vayr,
     Yistak zed mukn ē ostəwar.

     The bat has no feathers,
     [It has a skin] like the leather dressed by a cobbler.
     It has ears and a downward tail
     Just like a mouse hanging down from a branch.

   • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] Table Š:

     թեւն եւ գունն մաշկաթեւ կու նմանի․ եւ ագին նման է մկան ագուն․ եւ մէջն փուշ ունի զերդ ասեղ

     tʿewn ew gunn maškatʿew ku nmani; ew agin nman ē mkan agun; ew mēǰn pʿuš uni zerd aseł

     the wing and the color [of the stingray] are similar to a bat; the tail is similar to the tail of a mouse; and in it it has a sting like a needle

   • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʿi or Sargis Evdokiacʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] 137:

     Մաշկաթեւ · չղջիկան։

     Maškatʿew · čʿłǰikan.

     Maškatʿew — bat.

• մաշկաթեւիկ (maškatʿewik)

• Armenian: մաշկաթեւ (maškatʿew), մաշկաթեւ (maškatʿew), մաշկթեփ (mašktʿepʿ); մաշկընթեւ (maškəntʿew); մաշկաթուլա (maškatʿula)
  • → Turkish: maşketep
• → Georgian: მაჩქათელა (mačkatela)
• → Udi: маьшкаьтил (mäškätil)

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “մաշկաթև”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մաշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 450
• Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975) Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 209, 264

From մաշկ (mašk) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ թեւ (tʿew).

մաշկաթև • (maškatʿew)

1. having a wing of skin (an epithet of the bat)

• Middle Armenian: մաշկաթեւ (maškatʿew)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մաշկաթև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մաշկաթև”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մաշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 450