մղեղ

• մռեղ (mṙeġ)

From Old Armenian մղեղ (młeł).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [məʁéʁ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [məʁéʁ]
• Hyphenation: մը‧ղեղ

մղեղ • (mġeġ)

1. chaff

• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մղեղ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
• “մղեղ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Probably a reduplication of *մուլ- (*mul-) or a related descendant of Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”). Compare also մղմեղ (mġmeġ) and Old High German melm (“dust, sand”).

մղեղ • (młeł)

1. dust, chaff, ash

   մղեղ հրոյ ― młeł hroy ― spark

   ի մղեղ փոխել ― i młeł pʻoxel ― to turn to ashes, to he burnt to ashes

• Armenian: մղեղ (mġeġ)
• Middle Armenian: մռեղ (mṙeġ)
  • Armenian: մռեղ (mṙeġ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մղեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մղեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մղեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 471