Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian *մուլ- (*mul-, to grind; to rub) +‎ -ակ (-ak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մլակ (mlak)

  1. midge

Declension edit

References edit

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 471
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մլակ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan