մերժեմ

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from some Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *Hmarz- (“to wipe, rub”), which is cognate with Sanskrit मार्जयति (mārjayati, “to wipe, purify, cleanse”). See Cheung for the Iranian root.

մերժեմ • (meržem)

1. (transitive) to drive away, to repel; to reject, to remove; to refuse, to deny
   • 5th century, Bible, Exodus 2.17:

     Եւ եկեալ այլ հովիւք մերժեցին զնոսա ի բաց։

     Ew ekeal ayl hoviwkʻ meržecʻin znosa i bacʻ.

     And the shepherds came and drove them away.

• Armenian: մերժել (meržel)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մերժ”, 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 307b
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մերժեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մերժիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 180–182
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մերժեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մերժիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy