մաղ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian մաղ (mał).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

մաղ (maġ)

  1. sieve

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥(h₂)-ni-, from *melh₂- (to grind), with a semantic shift ‘to crush’ → ‘to pulverize’.

Noun[edit]

մաղ (mał)

  1. sieve, winnowing basket
    կող մաղիցkoł małicʻhoop of sieve
  2. basket
  3. honeycomb
    մաղ մեղուացmał mełuacʻhoneycomb, cell

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մաղ (maġ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 445