մահիկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մահիկ (mahik).

Pronunciation

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  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ

Noun

մահիկ (mahik)

  1. crescent

Declension

Derived terms

  • մահկաձեւ (mahkajew)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from Iranian. Compare Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (BYRḤ /⁠māh⁠/, moon), 𐫖𐫀𐫍𐫏𐫃𐫀𐫗 pl (mʾhygʾn /⁠māhīgān⁠/, month). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah.

Noun

մահիկ (mahik)

  1. crescent
  2. a crescent-shaped ornament hung on the forehead or neck, lunette

Declension

Derived terms

  • մահիկեղջիւր (mahikełǰiwr)
  • մահկաբար (mahkabar)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մահիկ (mahik)

Further reading

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