Armenian

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Etymology

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A reduplication of Old Armenian *մուղ- (*muł-, grinding, crushing) or *մող- (*moł-) or another descendant of Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind) related to *մուլ- (*mul-, grinding, crushing). For the semantics compare Russian моль (molʹ) : молоть (molotʹ), Old Norse mǫlr (moth) : mala (to grind).

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Noun

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մղմող (mġmoġ)

  1. (dialectal) clothes moth

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References

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  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 484
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press