մաշկաթև

Inherited from Middle Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew), from Old Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew, “having a wing of skin”), originally an epithet of the bat.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑʃkɑˈtʰev/, [mɑʃkɑtʰév]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /mɑʃɡɑˈtev/, [mɑʃkɑtʰév]
• Hyphenation: մաշ‧կա‧թեւ

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew)

1. (rare) bat

   Synonym: չղջիկ (čʻġǰik)

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew)

1. having a wing of skin

• “մաշկաթև”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “մաշկաթև”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 26b

• մաշկթեւ (mašktʻew)

From Old Armenian մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew, “having a wing of skin”), originally an epithet of the bat.

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew), genitive singular մաշկաթեւի (maškatʻewi)

1. bat
   • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ [Praise of Birds] 222.–225:^[1]

     Մաշկաթեւին փետուր չկայր,
     Զինչ որ գործէ զսէկըն կաւշկար․
     Ունի ականջ ու ագին ի վայր,
     Յիստակ զեդ մուկն է ոստըւար։

     Maškatʻewin pʻetur čʻkayr,
     Zinčʻ or gorcē zsēkən kawškar;
     Uni akanǰ u agin i vayr,
     Yistak zed mukn ē ostəwar.

     The bat has no feathers,
     [It has a skin] like the leather dressed by a cobbler.
     It has ears and a downward tail
     Just like a mouse hanging down from a branch.

   • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʻ Amasiacʻi, Angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] Table Š:

     թեւն եւ գունն մաշկաթեւ կու նմանի․ եւ ագին նման է մկան ագուն․ եւ մէջն փուշ ունի զերդ ասեղ

     tʻewn ew gunn maškatʻew ku nmani; ew agin nman ē mkan agun; ew mēǰn pʻuš uni zerd aseġ

     the wing and the color [of the stingray] are similar to a bat; the tail is similar to the tail of a mouse; and in it it has a sting like a needle

   • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] 137:

     Մաշկաթեւ · չղջիկան։

     Maškatʻew · čʻłǰikan.

     Maškatʻew — bat.

• մաշկաթեւիկ (maškatʻewik)

• Armenian: մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew), մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew), մաշկթեփ (mašktʻepʻ) — Khotorjur, մաշկընթեւ (maškəntʻew) — Hamshen, մաշկաթուլա (maškatʻula) — Kʿyandak, Aresh, Havarik
  • → Turkish: maşketep
• → Georgian: მაჩქათელა (mačkatela)
• → Udi: маьшкаьтил (mäškätil)

• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “մաշկաթև”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 450
• Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎^[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 209, 264

From մաշկ (mašk) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ թեւ (tʻew).

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew)

1. having a wing of skin (an epithet of the bat)

• Middle Armenian: մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաշկաթև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաշկաթև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 450