մալ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian մալ (mal).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մալ (mal)

  1. (dialectal) property, possession
  2. (dialectal) cattle, livestock

Declension

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology 1

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From Old Armenian մալ (mal). Doublet of մալ (mal, tax levied on cattle).

Noun

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մալ (mal), genitive singular մալի (mali)

  1. property, possession
  2. cattle, livestock
Descendants
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  • Armenian: մալ (mal)

Etymology 2

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From Tatar мал (mal, kind of tax levied on cattle), from Arabic مَال (māl). Georgian მალი (mali, money tax) is of the same origin. Doublet of մալ (mal, property; cattle).

Noun

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մալ (mal), genitive singular մալի (mali)

  1. a kind of tax levied on cattle

References

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  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَال (māl, property).

Noun

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մալ (mal)

  1. cattle

Usage notes

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The meaning ‘ram’ or ‘sheep’ cited in some works is conditioned by the wrong etymological association with Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, sheep). The dialectal evidence clearly points to ‘cattle’.

Descendants

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մալ”, 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 443