մարգ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մարգ (marg).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարգ • (marg)

  1. meadow, field
    Synonym: մարգագետին (margagetin)
  2. plot, bed (in a garden)
    Synonym: ածու (acu)

Declension

Derived terms

  • մարգամիջի (margamiǰi)
  • սիզամարգ (sizamarg)

Descendants

  • → Georgian: მარგი (margi)

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐫖𐫡𐫃‎ (mrg /marγ/, “wood, meadow”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬁‎ (marəγā, “meadow”), Persian مرغ‎ (marğ, “species of grass of which animals are exceedingly fond; garden, particularly one abounding in plants”). Also from Iranian: Classical Syriac ܡܪܓܐ‎ (margā), Arabic مَرْج‎ (marj).

Noun

մարգ • (marg)

  1. meadow

Derived terms

  • լօռամարգք (lōṙamargkʿ)
  • մարգագետին (margagetin)
  • մարգագոյն (margagoyn)
  • մարգաւէտ (margawēt)
  • մարգճախին (margčaxin)
  • մարգճակ (margčak)
  • ջրամարգք (ǰramargkʿ)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մարգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մարգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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