Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մախաթ (maxatʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մախաթ (maxatʻ)

  1. packing needle

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Syriac ܡܚܛܐ (məḥaṭṭāʾ).

Noun edit

մախաթ (maxatʻ)

  1. large needle, packing needle; awl, pricker, bodkin

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մախաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մախաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1405, page 98
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մախաթ”, 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 227–228