Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մարախ (marax).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մարախ (marax)

  1. Alternative form of մորեխ (morex)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *maδax. Compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬑𐬀 (maδaxa, grasshopper), Baluchi مدگ (madag), مذغ (maδaγ), Persian ملخ (malax); see the latter for more.

Noun edit

մարախ (marax)

  1. grasshopper, locust
    Coordinate terms: խարագուլ (xaragul), ջորեակ (ǰoreak)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մարախ (marax), մորեխ (morex)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 456b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “մարախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 217a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 274ab
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 192
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 533
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մարախ¹”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 515a