մունջ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մունջ (munǰ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մունջ (munǰ) (superlative ամենամունջ)

  1. dumb, mute
  2. silent, speechless

Declension

Adverb

մունջ (munǰ)

  1. silently
    լուռ ու մունջluṙ u munǰquietly, silently

Derived terms


Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian մունջ (munǰ).

Adjective

մունջ (munǰ)

  1. dumb, mute, silent, speechless

Derived terms

  • մնջանամ (mnǰanam)
  • մնջացնօղ (mnǰacʿnōł)
  • մնջնակ (mnǰnak)
  • մնջնաքար (mnǰnakʿar)
  • մնջութիւն (mnǰutʿiwn)

Descendants

References


Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, from Proto-Indo-European *munyo-, a thematization of *muni-; compare Sanskrit मुनि (muni, ecstatic person, ascetic, hermit (especially one who has taken the vow of silence)), Czech muňa (speechless, fool).

According to Ačaṙyan, from Proto-Indo-European *mundyo- and cognate with Ancient Greek μυνδός (mundós), μύδος (múdos), μυκός (mukós), μυττός (muttós, dumb), Latin mutus, Sanskrit मूक (mūka, dumb).

In any case probably ultimately going back to sound-symbolic *mū-. See also մրմունջ (mrmunǰ), մուռ (muṙ), մունչ (munčʿ).

Adjective

մունջ (munǰ)

  1. dumb, mute, silent, speechless
    մունջ առնելmunǰ aṙnelto strike dumb
    մունջ լինելmunǰ linelto be mute, to become dumb or speechless

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մունջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մունջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մունջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 486
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