Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մարգ (marg).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մարգ (marg)

  1. meadow, field
    Synonym: մարգագետին (margagetin)
  2. plot, bed (in a garden)
    Synonym: ածու (acu)

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Descendants edit

  • Georgian: მარგი (margi)

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫖𐫡𐫃 (mrg /⁠marγ⁠/, wood, meadow), from Proto-Iranian *márgaH.

Noun edit

մարգ (marg)

  1. meadow

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 275–276
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy