Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَلاب (malāb, a species of aromatic).

Noun

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մաղապ (małap)

  1. a kind of flower in Arabia Felix

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաղապ”, 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, page 237b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 269–270