մրմունջ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian մրմունջ (mrmunǰ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

մրմունջ (mrmunǰ)

  1. low utterance, whisper
  2. whispered lamentation

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An onomatopoeic formation. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *murmun-ye- and related to մունջ (munǰ).

Noun[edit]

մրմունջ (mrmunǰ)

  1. mutter, maundering, lamentation, mourning song, whispered song
    ձայնիւքն մրմնջոցնjayniwkʻn mrmnǰocʻnwith moaning voices

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մրմունջ (mrmunǰ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մրմունջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մրմունջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մրմունջ”, 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) “mrmunǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 481