մղեղ

• մռեղ (mṙeł)

From Old Armenian մղեղ (młeł).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [məˈʁɛʁ]
• Hyphenation: մը‧ղեղ

մղեղ • (młeł)

1. chaff

• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մղեղ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
• “մղեղ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

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

մղեղ • (młeł)

1. dust, chaff, ash

   մղեղ հրոյ ― młeł hroy ― spark

   ի մղեղ փոխել ― i młeł pʿoxel ― to turn to ashes, to he burnt to ashes

• Armenian: մղեղ (młeł)
• Middle Armenian: մռեղ (mṙeł)
  • Armenian: մռեղ (mṙeł)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մղեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մղեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մղեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 471