Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մաղ (mał).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մաղ (maġ)

  1. sieve

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥(h₂)-ni-, from *melh₂- (to grind), with a semantic shift ‘to crush’ → ‘to pulverize’.

Noun edit

մաղ (mał)

  1. sieve, winnowing basket
    կող մաղիցkoł małicʻhoop of sieve
  2. basket
  3. honeycomb
    մաղ մեղուացmał mełuacʻhoneycomb, cell

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մաղ (maġ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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 and Boston: Brill, page 445