մղձաւանջ

• մղձաւանճ (młjawanč), մղձալանջ (młjalanǰ)

A modern literary formation from the supposed root մուղձ- (mułj-) of մղձկեմ (młjkem, “to stifle, choke”). The ending -անջ (-anǰ) is of uncertain meaning and origin. Some authors spell the word as մղձալանջ (młjalanǰ), as if from լանջք (lanǰkʿ, “breast”), because the incubus lies upon one's breast to stifle them during the sleep.

մղձաւանջ • (młjawanǰ)

1. (post-classical, modern) incubus (a feeling of oppression during sleep)
2. (post-classical, modern) nightmare

• → Armenian: մղձավանջ (młjavanǰ)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մղձուկ”, 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
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1804), “incubo”, in Baṙaran yitalakan lezuē i hay ew i tačik barbaṙ [Dizionario Italiano-Armeno-Turco], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 410a
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (1884), “cauchemar”, in Baṙagirkʿ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 208b
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մղձաւանջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “մղձաւանջ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
• Xudabašeancʿ, Ałekʿsandr (1838), “մղձաւանջ”, in Baṙaran ’i haykakan lezuē ’i ṙusacʿ barbaṙ [Dictionary from the Armenian Language into the Russian Tongue], volume II, Moscow: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages