մունչ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

An onomatopoeic formation. Alternatively, of Proto-Indo-European origin and related to մունջ (munǰ).

Noun

մունչ • (munčʻ)

1. word, speech
2. *mutter

Derived terms

• մնչեմ (mnčʻem)
• մնչիւն (mnčʻiwn)

Etymology 2

Probably related to մունչ (munčʻ, “word, speech; *mutter”).

Adjective

մունչ • (munčʻ)

1. fool

Derived terms

• մունչանամ (munčʻanam)
• մունչեմ (munčʻem)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մունչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• “մունջ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, 1749–1769
• Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “մունչել”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press, page 216
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 486