Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

An onomatopoeic formation. Alternatively, of Proto-Indo-European origin and related to մունջ (munǰ).

Noun edit

մունչ (munčʻ)

  1. word, speech
  2. *mutter
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Probably related to մունչ (munčʻ, word, speech; *mutter).

Adjective edit

մունչ (munčʻ)

  1. fool
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մունչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • մունջ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, 1749–1769
  • Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “մունչել”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press, page 216
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 486