յոլովամեղծ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • յոլովամեղձ (yolovamełj)
  • յոլովամիղձ (yolovamiłj)
  • յոլովամերձ (yolovamerj)

Etymology

From յոլով (yolov, “much”) +‎ -ա- (-a-) + *մեղծ (*mełc, “soot”). The latter is of unknown origin.

Adjective

յոլովամեղծ • (yolovamełc)

  1. sooty (said of smoke)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մեղծ”, 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 460
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