մտրակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մտրակ (mtrak). Doublet of մաթրախ (matʿrax).

Pronunciation

Noun

մտրակ (mtrak)

  1. whip, lash
    Synonyms: (dialectal) մաթրախ (matʿrax), (dialectal) շոլտի (šolti)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܡܛܪܩܐ (maṭrəqā), which is related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ); see there for more.

Noun

մտրակ (mtrak)

  1. whip
    մտրակ չուանեայmtrak čʿuaneaywhip-cord
    մտրակ հեծելոցmtrak hecelocʿriding-whip
    հարուածք մտրակացharuackʿ mtrakacʿlash, cut, stroke of a whip
  2. spur
    մտրակ ի կուշտ առնել երիվարացmtrak i kušt aṙnel erivaracʿto set spurs to a horse, to spur on, to gallop
  3. (figuratively) stimulus

Declension

Derived terms

  • մտրակավար (mtrakavar)
  • մտրակեմ (mtrakem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մտրակ (mtrak)

References

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