մլուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian *մուլ- (*mul-, to grind; to rub) + -ուկ (-uk).

Pronunciation

Noun

մլուկ • (mluk)

  1. bedbug

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 471
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մլուկ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մլուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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