Q. #mehtar n. “warrior” (Category: Soldier)

⚠️Q. #mehtar, n. “warrior” (Category: Soldier)

Q. ohtar “warrior”

Reference ✧ WJ/411

Related

• #mehtar “warrior” may be a variant of ohtar “warrior”
• #nehtar “slayer” has a phonetic variation similar to #mehtar “warrior”

Element In

• Q. Calimehtar “*Bright Warrior”
• Q. Telumehtar “Orion, (lit.) Warrior of the Sky” ✧ WJ/411

ᴹQ. mahtar n. “warrior” (Category: Soldier)

References ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK

Glosses

• “swordsman” ✧ EtyAC/MAK (mahtar)
• “warrior” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK (mahtar)

Related

• Q. ohtar “warrior” is a later word for mahtar “warrior”

Changes

• mahtar “swordsman” >> mahtar “warrior” ✧ EtyAC/MAK

Elements

mahta-	“to handle, wield; to deal with, treat; to stroke, feel; to wield a weapon, fight”
#-ro	“agental suffix”

Element In

• ᴹQ. Telumehtar “Warrior of the Sky”

Cognates

• N. maethor “warrior” ✧ Ety/MAK

Derivations

• < ᴹ√MAK “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK (MAK); EtyAC/MAK (MAK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MAK > mahtar

[maktar] > [maxtar]

✧ Ety/MAK

ᴱQ. mahtar n. “soldier” (Category: Soldier)

Reference ✧ PE16/138 ✧ “soldier”