մածուն

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մածոն (macon) dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian մածուն (macun).

Pronunciation

Noun

մածուն • (macun)

  1. matzoon
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 42:[1]
      մածուն․ փուինայ
      macun; pʻuinay
      մածուն (macun) = puìna
  2. (Western Armenian, colloquial) yogurt

Declension

Descendants

  • English: matzoon
  • Greek: μαζούν (mazoún)
  • Russian: мацу́н (macún)
  • Turkish: mazın (Sivas, Kayseri)

See also

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 235

Further reading

Old Armenian

Etymology

From մած-ան-իմ (mac-an-im, to curdle, coagulate) + -ուն (-un).[1][2][3] Typologically compare Persian ماست (mâst, coagulated milk, yoghurt) from ماسیدن (mâsidan, to coagulate), Turkish yoğurt from yoğurmak (to plasticize, knead).

Noun

մածուն • (macun)

  1. curds, curdled milk, clotted cream

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մած”, 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, pages 228–230
  2. Clackson, James (1994) The linguistic relationship between Armenian and Greek (Publications of the Philological Society; 30), Oxford, Cambridge: Blackwell, page 155
  3. Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 456

Further reading

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