մաղապ
Old Armenian
editAlternative forms
edit- մաղադ (maład) — manuscript variant
Etymology
editFrom Arabic مَلاب (malāb, “a species of aromatic”).
Noun
editմաղապ • (małap)
- a kind of flower in Arabia Felix
- 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ [Geography]
Further reading
edit- 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