մալ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mal"

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մալ (mal).

Pronunciation

Noun

մալ (mal)

  1. (dialectal) property, possession
  2. (dialectal) cattle, livestock

Declension


Middle Armenian

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian մալ (mal).

Noun

մալ (mal), genitive singular մալի (mali)

  1. property, possession
  2. cattle, livestock
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Tatar мал (mal, kind of tax levied on cattle), from Arabic مَال (māl). Georgian მალი (mali, money tax) is of the same origin.

Noun

մալ (mal), genitive singular մալի (mali)

  1. a kind of tax levied on cattle

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), մալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property).

Noun

մալ (mal)

  1. cattle

Usage notes

The meaning ‘ram’ or ‘sheep’ cited in some works is conditioned by the wrong etymological association with Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, sheep). The dialectal evidence clearly points to ‘cattle’.

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd 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 443
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