Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian մուշտակ (muštak), from Middle Persian *muštak.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մուշտակ (muštak)

  1. fur, pelt (of an animal)
  2. fur coat

Declension edit

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian *մուշտակ (*muštak), from Middle Persian *muštak, whence Persian مشته (mošta) and Arabic مُسْتَقَة (mustaqa, fur coat with long sleeves).

Noun edit

մուշտակ (muštak)

  1. fur, pelt (of an animal)
    • 12th century, Nersēs Šnorhali, Riddles :[1]
      [] Ինք խաւ ի վեր մուշտակ ունէր []
      [] Inkʻ xaw i ver muštak unēr []
  2. fur coat

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մուշտակ (muštak)

References edit

  1. ^ Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) Hay miǰnadaryan hanelukner (V—XVIII dd.) [Medieval Armenian Riddles (5–18th Centuries)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 289

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մուշտակ”, 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, pages 360–361
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1901) “Mütze und Verwantes”, in Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum[1], volume 45, pages 425–426
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “մուշտակ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[2], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 525
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մուշտակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 533b