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Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *mōk. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mwk' /⁠mōg⁠/, shoe). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hmáwčati; see there for more.

Noun edit

մոյկ (moyk)

  1. shoe

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մույկ (muyk) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մոյկ”, 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 344a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոյկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 196
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1868) Beitraege zur baktrischen Lexikographie (in German), Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 49
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոյկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy