մեղր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

մեղր (meġr)

  1. honey

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *mélit (honey). The r/u-declension is explained by the influence of Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (honey, mead).

Noun[edit]

մեղր (mełr)

  1. honey
    խորիսխ մեղրxorisx mełrhoneycomb

Usage notes[edit]

The word has two combining forms: մեղր- (mełr-) and մեղ- (meł-).

Declension[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մեղր (meġr)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեղր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեղր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեղր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 462