Wiktionary

մաղթ

Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Usually considered a borrowing from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha, “mixture of wax and pitch used for caulking ships and on writing tablets”),[1][2][3] even though the meanings do not match precisely. The Armenian is not a scholarly borrowing, but is alive in the Hamshen dialect as մախտ (maxt, “a certain tree resin”). Because of this and because the Greek is itself a loanword and has parallels in Eastern languages – Hebrew מֶלֶט (meleṭ), Classical Syriac ܡܠܴܛܳܐ (mlāṭā), Arabic مِلَاط (milāṭ, “mortar”) – we may be dealing with independent borrowings from an unidentified third source.

Noun edit

մաղթ • (maġtʻ)

  1. the designation of various natural gums and resins, in particular the resin of Ferula galbaniflua (syn. gummosa, galbanum), Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida), and the մարխ (marx) tree
    Hypernym: խէժ (xēž)
    Coordinate terms: անգուժատ (angužat), քաղբան (kʻaġban), խայծղան (xaycġan), բարգժատ (bargžat), չարհոտ (čʻarhot), ղասնի (ġasni), խասնի (xasni), հլթիս (hltʻis), կռէզ (kṙēz), լացուր (lacʻur), դեղ վիրի (deġ viri), կատրան (katran), ուպան (upan)
    • 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] Խ.50:[4]
      Խայտխան եւ ռետին· դեղ վիրի, կամ կատրան, կամ մաղթ։
      Xaytxan ew ṙetin· deġ viri, kam katran, kam maġtʻ.
    • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] :[5]
      Մախթ· որ է խասնի․ հլթիս․ յիշած է։
      Maxtʻ· or ē xasni; hltʻis; yišac ē.
      Maxtʻ = Is the xasni; [and also] the hltʻis [= Arabic حِلْتِيث (ḥiltīṯ)]. It is recorded.
    • 1614 – 1622, Asar Sebastacʿi, Girkʿ bžškakan arhesti [Book of Medical Art] :[6]
      Մաղթ, որ է չարհոտն։
      Maġtʻ, or ē čʻarhotn.

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մախտ (maxt)

References edit

  1. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “malthe”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 775b
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաղթ”, 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 239ab
  3. ^ Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Амирдовлат Амасиаци, Ненужное для неучей (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 276, 687
  4. ^ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 139
  5. ^ Basmaǰean, K. Y., editor (1926), Amirtovlatʻi Amasiacʻwoy angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses of Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi]‎[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 1992, page 341
  6. ^ Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)]‎[4], preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 252

Further reading edit

  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “մաղթ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1945, pages 412–413
  • Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)]‎[5], preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 363
  • Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “F. galbaniflua”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names‎[6], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 1610a, page 275
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մաղթ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 488a
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1880) Haykakan baṙakʻnnutʻiwn [Armenian Lexicology] (in Armenian), Constantinople: P. Kʻiriščean, pages 25–26
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “մաղթ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[7], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 482–483
  • Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 29

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”). Cognate with Lithuanian maldýti (“to implore”), Proto-Slavic *modlìti (“to ask, pray”), Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”), Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to specify; to inform; to accuse”). Martirosyan explains the derivation as Proto-Armenian *maɫ(d)tʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-ti-, a *-ti-deverbative with a regular zero-grade of *meldʰ-.

Noun edit

մաղթ • (małtʻ)

  1. prayer, supplication

Declension edit

i-type
singular plural
nominative մաղթ (małtʻ) մաղթք (małtʻkʻ)
genitive մաղթի (małtʻi) մաղթից (małtʻicʻ)
dative մաղթի (małtʻi) մաղթից (małtʻicʻ)
accusative մաղթ (małtʻ) մաղթս (małtʻs)
ablative մաղթէ (małtʻē) մաղթից (małtʻicʻ)
instrumental մաղթիւ (małtʻiw) մաղթիւք (małtʻiwkʻ)
locative մաղթի (małtʻi) մաղթս (małtʻs)

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաղթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաղթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 445
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաղթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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