Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A dialectal word, which has entered the literary language. Of the same origin as Old Armenian մարձեմ (marjem). Doublet of մաժել (mažel) and մարզել (marzel).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

մերսել (mersel)

  1. (transitive) to massage
    Synonym: մաժել (mažel)

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Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարձել”, 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 285b