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Etymology edit

From Classical Syriac ܠܘܡܐ (lūmā, money, coin).

Noun edit

լումայ (lumay)

  1. mite, small piece of money

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: լումա (luma)
  • Old Georgian: ლომაჲ (lomay)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լումայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լումայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press