Where does “մուրացիկ” come from?

մուրացիկ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian մուրացիկ, from Old Armenian -իկ, from Old Armenian պատ-եմ.

մուրացիկ (Armenian): beggar, mendicant; given to begging, mendicant;...

Definitions

  1. beggar, mendicant; given to begging, mendicant;...

Ancestry of “մուրացիկ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմուրացիկbeggar, mendicant, supplicator; given to begging,...
2Old Armenian-իկforming diminutives; forming agent nouns and...
3Old Armenianպատ-եմ—
Every word from Old Armenian պատ-եմ →Every word from Old Armenian -իկ →Every word from Old Armenian մուրացիկ →