մարմին

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Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian մարմին (marmin).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարմին (marmin)

  1. body
    մարդու մարմինmardu marminhuman body
  2. (physics) body, material object
    երկնային մարմինerknayin marminheavenly body
  3. body, agency, authority
    պետական մարմիններpetakan marminnergovernment bodies
  4. (dead) body, corpse

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥meno-, with Sanskrit मर्मन् (marman, mortal spot, vulnerable point) being the only surviving cognate.

Noun

մարմին (marmin)

  1. body; flesh
    մարմին առնուլmarmin aṙnulto become incarnate
    եւ բանն մարմին եղեւew bann marmin ełewand the Word was made flesh
    երկնային մարմինքerknayin marminkʻcelestial bodies, planets, etc.
  2. (figuratively) man, creature, mortal
  3. corpse, dead body; carcass, carrion
  4. body, consistency
  5. whole, ensemble
  6. (geometry) solid

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մարմին (marmin)
  • Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕌𐔼𐕎 (marmin)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մարմին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարմին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարմին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy