ախմախ

Armenian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

ախմախ • (axmax) (superlative ամենաախմախ) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. stupid, foolish, unintelligent

Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَحْمَق (ʔaḥmaq), probably via Old Anatolian Turkish.

Adjective

ախմախ • (axmax)

  1. stupid, foolish, unintelligent
    • 12th century, Nersēs Šnorhali, Riddles :[1]
      [] Խելքդ է ախմախ, միտքդ է մոլոր []
      [] Xelkʿd ē axmax, mitkʿd ē molor []

Descendants

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References

  1. Mnacʿakanyan, A. Š. (1980) Hay miǰnadaryan hanelukner (V—XVIII dd.) [Medieval Armenian Riddles (5–18th Centuries)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 342

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), ախմախ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 65
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), ախմախ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 20b
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