մրմունջ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մրմունջ (mrmunǰ).

Pronunciation

Noun

մրմունջ (mrmunǰ)

  1. low utterance, whisper
  2. whispered lamentation

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

An onomatopoeic formation. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *murmun-ye- and related to մունջ (munǰ).

Noun

մրմունջ (mrmunǰ)

  1. mutter, maundering, lamentation, mourning song, whispered song
    ձայնիւքն մրմնջոցնjayniwkʿn mrmnǰocʿnwith moaning voices

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մրմունջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մրմունջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մրմունջ”, 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), “mrmunǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 481
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