յոլովամեղծ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• յոլովամեղձ (yolovamełj)
• յոլովամիղձ (yolovamiłj)
• յոլովամերձ (yolovamerj)

Etymology

From յոլով (yolov, “much”) +‎ -ա- (-a-) + *մեղծ (*mełc, “soot”). The latter is of unknown origin.

Adjective

յոլովամեղծ • (yolovamełc)

1. sooty (said of smoke)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեղծ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 460