մորմ

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [mɔɾm]

From Middle Armenian մորմ (morm).

մորմ • (morm)

1. nightshade

From Middle Armenian մորմ (morm).

մորմ • (morm)

1. wolf spider, tarantula, Lycosa[1][2]

   Synonyms: գայլասարդ (gaylasard), ղռիշուն (łṙišun)

Recorded in Ararat, New Julfa and Salmas dialects.[3][4][5] Amatuni relates that in Ararat մորմ (morm) refers to "a large, black and reddish poisonous insect resembling the spider".[6]

Probably a broken reduplication based on Old Armenian մոր (mor).

մորմ • (morm)

1. nightshade, hound's berry, or the like
2. blackberry
3. strawberry

• մորմենի (mormeni)

• Armenian: մորմ (morm)

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մորմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մոր”, 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 474

The origin is uncertain. Compare Georgian მორიელი (morieli, “scorpion”).

According to Martirosyan, reflects a Mediterranean substrate insect / bogey-name, found also in Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ), Μορμών (Mormṓn, “she-monster, bogey”) and Latin formido.[1]

Alternatively, perhaps literally meaning "the hairy one" and borrowed from a Middle Iranian reflex of Proto-Iranian *mauda- (“hair”), whence Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwd), Persian مو‎ (mu, “hair”), Baluchi میذ‎ (mīδ, “goat's hair; hair”) and possibly Yazgulyam mů (“spider”). On these see ESIJa, without the Armenian.[2] For the sound changes compare սափոր (sapʿor). Note that tarantulas are hairy and Amirdovlatʿ describes մոր (mor) as "woolly". In this scenario, the -մ (-m) in the form մորմ (morm) would need an explanation.

• մոր (mor), մուր (mur)

մորմ • (morm)

1. a kind of poisonous spider, probably wolf spider, tarantula, Lycosa

   1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] :[3]

   Ըռաթիլէ· որ թ. պօն ասէ, եւ հ. մոր կասեն․ կենդանի է որպես սարդուսդէ․ եւ ինքն ի Եազտ եւ յիր բոլորն շատ կու լինի․ եւ այսոր՝ խայեայկիրակ կասեն, եւ պ. տումակուկ ասէ․ եւ ինքն վնասակար գազանացն է․ եւ գունն դեղին է․ եւ ոտքն եւ ձեռքն ի բուրդ կու նմանէ որպէս լիսանըլսավր․ եւ խոտ մըն կայ որ հռ. ֆալախճին կասեն․ աւգտէ ըռաթիլային խաթածին. այսոր՝ նապաթի ըռաթլայ կասեն․ եւ ինքն յիշած է ի վերայ ֆէին, Աստուծով։

   Əṙatʿilē· or tʿ. pōn asē, ew h. mor kasen; kendani ē orpes sardusdē; ew inkʿn i Eazt ew yir bolorn šat ku lini; ew aysor, xayeaykirak kasen, ew p. tumakuk asē; ew inkʿn vnasakar gazanacʿn ē; ew gunn dełin ē; ew otkʿn ew jeṙkʿn i burd ku nmanē orpēs lisanəlsavr; ew xot mən kay or hṙ. falaxčin kasen; awgtē əṙatʿilayin xatʿacin. aysor, napatʿi əṙatʿlay kasen; ew inkʿn yišac ē i veray fēin, Astucov.

   Əṙatʿilē = Turks call it pō, and Armenians mor. It is an animal similar to the spider. There are many of them in Yazd and its environs. And it is called xayeaykirak and in Persian tumakuk. It is one of the most harmful animals. Its colour is yellow, and the arms and legs are woolly like a plantain. There is also a plant which the Romans call falaxčin. It is a remedy for əṙatʿilē’s bites. It is called napatʿi əṙatʿlay. It is mentioned under F, with God.

2. a small lizard

• մորահար (morahar)

• Armenian: մորմ (morm)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 347b
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “մորմ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 523
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “մոր”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 521
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մորմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “մորմ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 528ab
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “մոր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Amirdovlat Amasiaci, Nenužnoje dlja neučej (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 134, 613