ملخ

See also: ملح

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *malax (written as Pazend 𐬨𐬀𐬮𐬀𐬐 (malak)), borrowed from Bactrian μαλαχο (malaxo), from Proto-Iranian *madaxa; compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬑𐬀 (maδaxa, “grasshopper”), Baluchi مدگ (madag), مذغ (maδaγ), Pashto ملخ (malax, “locust”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian loanword մարախ (marax), Ossetian мӕтых (mætyx), Khwarezmian mθx. The inherited Southwestern Iranian form is میگ (meyg) (> میگو (meygu)).

Noun

Dari	ملخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	малах

ملخ • (malax) (plural ملخ‌ها (malax-hâ))

1. (zoology) grasshopper
2. locust
3. propeller

Derived terms

• ملخک (malaxak)

References

• Template:R:DehaghiSadri
• Horn, Paul (1893) “meig”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 1010, page 227
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 274ab
• Abajev, V. I. (1973) “mætyx”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 180