Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An onomatopoeia, possibly going back to Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-i- and cognate with Sanskrit मिमाति (mimāti, to bleat), Ancient Greek μηκάομαι (mēkáomai, to bleat).

Verb edit

մայեմ (mayem)

  1. to bleat (of the sheep)
    ոչխար մայէočʻxar mayēthe sheep bleats

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մայել (mayel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մայեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “մայեմ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pʻēštəmalčean, Grigor (1846) “մայեմ”, in Baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language], volume II, Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 197b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մայել”, 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 447