մղմեղ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably a reduplication of Old Armenian *մուլ- (*mul-) or a related descendant of Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind). Compare also մղեղ (młeł).

Noun

մղմեղ (młmeł)

  1. (dialectal) chaff
Declension

References

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), մղմեղ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), մղմեղ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • 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

Etymology 2

Noun

մղմեղ (młmeł)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of մղմող (młmoł)
  2. (dialectal) the smallest kind of mosquito, midge
Declension

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 461
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