մատակ

From Old Armenian մատակ (matak).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [mɑˈtɑk]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [mɑˈdɑɡ]
• Hyphenation: մա‧տակ

մատակ • (matak)

1. female (of animals)

մատակ • (matak)

1. female of an animal
2. (dialectal) buffalo cow

• Turkish: medek

From Middle Iranian *mātak. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mʾtk' /mādag/), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫖𐫀𐫏𐫃‎‎ (mʾyg‎), Persian ماده‎ (mâda, “female”).

մատակ • (matak)

1. female (of animals)
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).2.15–16:[1]

     Երրորդ բարք առիւծուն․ յորժամ ծնանի մատակ առեւծն զկորիւնն, մեռեալ ծնանի․ եւ նստեալ պահէ զորդի իւր, մինչեւ գայ հայրն յաւուր երրորդի եւ փչէ ի ճակատն նորա եւ յարուցանէ զնա։

     Errord barkʿ aṙiwcun; yoržam cnani matak aṙewcn zkoriwnn, meṙeal cnani; ew nsteal pahē zordi iwr, minčʿew gay hayrn yawur errordi ew pʿčʿē i čakatn nora ew yarucʿanē zna.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       The third custom of the lion: when the lioness gives birth to the whelp, she brings it forth dead. And she sits and guards her child, until on the third day the father comes and blows into its forehead and awakens it.

• Armenian: մատակ (matak)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մատակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մատակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mādag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press