μαρκαόνω

Cappadocian Greek

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, perhaps by metathesis from Old Armenian *մաքռիլ (*makʻṙil), a dialectal shortening of մաքառիլ (makʻaṙil).

Verb

μαρκαόνω (markaóno)

1. to fight

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաքառ”, 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 291a
• Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 92