մղմող

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A reduplication of Old Armenian *մուղ- (*muł-, grinding, crushing) or *մող- (*moł-) or another descendant of Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind) related to *մուլ- (*mul-, grinding, crushing). For the semantics compare Russian моль (molʹ) : молоть (molotʹ), Old Norse mǫlr (moth) : mala (to grind).

Pronunciation

Noun

մղմող (młmoł)

  1. (dialectal) clothes moth

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Synonyms

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 484
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մալ”, 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
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