مصطكى

See also: مصطكي and مصطکی

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • مُصْطَكَاء (muṣṭakāʔ), مُصْطَكِيّ (muṣṭakiyy)
  • مِسْتَكَة (mistaka), مِسْتَكِيّ (mistakiyy), مَسْتِيك (mastīk) more dialectal

Etymology

From Aramaic מצטכי, מצטיכי, ܡܘܣܛܟܗ (/mūṣṭəḵē/), from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /musˤ.tˤa.kaː/

Noun

مُصْطَكَى (muṣṭakā) f

  1. mastic, the gum-resin of Pistacia lentiscus
    Synonyms: رَمَاص (ramāṣ), عِلْك (ʕilk)
    Holonyms: ضَرْو (ḍarw), رَامَك (rāmak)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mastika
  • Persian: مصطکی (mastaki)
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماستقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستیقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستكی (masteki)

References

  • mwsṭkh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 70
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 196
  • Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 304
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