մղեղ

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian մղեղ (młeł).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

մղեղ (mġeġ)

  1. chaff

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մղեղ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • մղեղ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably a reduplication of *մուլ- (*mul-) or a related descendant of Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind). Compare also մղմեղ (mġmeġ) and Old High German melm (dust, sand).

Noun[edit]

մղեղ (młeł)

  1. dust, chaff, ash
    մղեղ հրոյmłeł hroyspark
    ի մղեղ փոխելi młeł pʻoxelto turn to ashes, to he burnt to ashes

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մղեղ (mġeġ)
  • Middle Armenian: մռեղ (mṙeġ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մղեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մղեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մղեղ”, 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 471