մաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մաղ (mał).

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Noun

մաղ • (maġ)

1. sieve

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥(h₂)-ni-, from *melh₂- (“to grind”), with a semantic shift ‘to crush’ → ‘to pulverize’.

Noun

մաղ • (mał)

1. sieve, winnowing basket

   կող մաղից ― koł małicʻ ― hoop of sieve

2. basket
3. honeycomb

   մաղ մեղուաց ― mał mełuacʻ ― honeycomb, cell

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: մաղ (maġ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաղ”, 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 445