English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “martyr”
A diminutive of Մարտիրոս (Martiros) with the suffix -իկ (-ik). Later, in the 19th century, reinterpreted as deriving from մարտիկ (martik, “warrior”).
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: ՄարտիկCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary: ՄարտիրոսCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

