# մաշկաթև
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* dialectal forms recorded in literary-like orthography
** մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew), մաշկթեփ (mašktʻepʻ) — Khotorjur
** մաշկընթեւ (maškəntʻew) — Hamshen
** մաշկաթուլա (maškatʻula) — Kʿyandak, Aresh, Havarik

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew)
* (rare) bat

#### Synonyms

* չղջիկ (čʻġǰik)

### Adjective

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew)
* having a wing of skin

#### Declension
### References

* “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

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* մաշկթեւ (mašktʻew)

### Etymology

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

### Noun

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew), genitive singular մաշկաթեւի (maškatʻewi)
* bat
** 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ [Praise of Birds] 222.–225: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 ասեղtʻewn ew gunn maškatʻew ku nmani; ew agin nman ē mkan agun; ew mēǰn pʻuš uni zerd aseġthe 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.

#### Derived terms

* մաշկաթեւիկ (maškatʻewik)

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) ““Govankʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ” taġašarkʻə, nra heġinakə ew žamanakə [The poetic cycle "Praise of Birds", its author and time of creation]”, in Banber Matenadarani [Herald of the Matenadaran]‎ (in Armenian), volume 13, Yerevan, page 252 of 232–258

### Further reading

* 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 (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 209, 264

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

մաշկաթև • (maškatʻew)
* having a wing of skin (an epithet of the bat)

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: մաշկաթեւ (maškatʻew)

### References

* 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