Where does “مشاق” come from?

مشاق (Persian) comes from Armenian մշակ, from Old Armenian մշակ — agricultural laborer.

مشاق (Persian): servant, domestic; afflictions, inconveniences,...

Definitions

  1. servant, domestic; afflictions, inconveniences,...

Ancestry of “مشاق”, step by step

مشاق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մշակ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմշակtiller, farmer, cultivator; porter, bearer;...
2Old Armenianմշակagricultural laborer

via Arabic مَشَاقّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَشَاقّ—
2Arabicمَشَقَّة—
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