մունչ

An onomatopoeic formation. Alternatively, of Proto-Indo-European origin and related to մունջ (munǰ).

մունչ • (munčʿ)

1. word, speech
2. *mutter

Probably related to մունչ (munčʿ, “word, speech; *mutter”).

մունչ • (munčʿ)

1. fool

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մունչ”, 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
• Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1749–1769), “մունջ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Eremia Mełrecʿi (1698), “մունչել”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: tpagr. Sargis Evdokiacʿu Sahetʿču, page 216
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 486