Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մաշկ (mašk).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

մաշկ (mašk)

  1. skin (of humans)
  2. skin, hide (of animals)
  3. peel (of fruits)

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References edit

  • մաշկ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A Semitic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *mašk-; see there for more.

Noun edit

մաշկ (mašk)

  1. skin, hide
    մաշկ մարդոյmašk mardoyderma
    մաշկ գործոյmašk gorcoydressed skin, tanned hide, leather; cordovan
  2. clothing made of hide

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մաշկ (mašk)
  • Cappadocian Greek: μάσκι (máski)
  • Old Georgian: მაშკი (mašḳi)
  • Romani: maski

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաշկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաշկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաշկ”, 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 260–261
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մաշկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik