աղտամուղտ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ախտամուղտ (axtamuġt)
  • ըղտամուղտ (əġtamuġt)

Etymology

From Old Armenian աղտամուղտ (ałtamułt).

Pronunciation

Noun

աղտամուղտ • (aġtamuġt)

  1. (dialectal) twilight
    աղտամղտինaġtamġtinat twilight

Declension

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 41
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “աղտամուղտ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

u-type and m-type reduplication of *աղտ- (*ałt-, dark), whose origin is unknown. Hardly related to *աղջ- (*ałǰ-). See also աղջամուղջ (ałǰamułǰ), բուզաղթն (buzałtʻn), *մուղտ- (*mułt-).

Noun

աղտամուղտ • (ałtamułt)

  1. twilight, darkness

Descendants

  • Armenian: աղտամուղտ (aġtamuġt)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղտամուղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫt-a-muɫt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 41
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