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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian մաղձ (małj).
Pronunciation
Noun
մաղձ • (maġj)
- bile, gall
- (figuratively) gall, spleen, rancour, wrath
Declension
Synonyms
Old Armenian
Etymology
If the original meaning is “gall bladder”, then perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥ǵʰ-, zero-grade of *melǵʰ- (“to swell”) and cognate with Sanskrit मल्ह (malhá, “having teats in the dewlap”) and Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬀 (mərəzāna, “belly”).
Noun
մաղձ • (małj)
- bile, gall
- սեաւ մաղձ ― seaw małj ― black bile, atrabiliary humour
- անցք մաղձի ― ancʻkʻ małji ― gall-duct, -pipe
- աւազ մաղձի ― awaz małji ― gall-stone
- (figuratively) gall, spleen, rancour, wrath
- ի դառնութեան մաղձի կալ ― i daṙnutʻean małji kal ― to be in a very bad humour
- թափել զմաղձն ― tʻapʻel zmałjn ― to discharge one's bile, to vent one's spleen
Declension
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաղձ”, 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 240ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “մաղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 199–200
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մաղձ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 503
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 189
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 426
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 449b
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 723