մուժ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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A dialectal word, that has entered also the literary language. Borrowed from Northern Kurdish mij, dialectal muj (mist, fog). In Dersim and Kiğı probably from Zazaki mıj. All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-, whence also Old Armenian մէգ (mēg). Thus, a doublet of մեգ (meg).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մուժ (muž)

  1. (dialectal, Mush) fog
    Synonyms: մեգ (meg), մշուշ (mšuš), մառախուղ (maṙaxuġ)

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References

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  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մուժ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մըժ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • մուժ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 483