մէգ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-o- or *h₃meygʰ-eh₂- (“fog, cloud”). Cognate with Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀‎ (maēγa-, “cloud”), Persian میغ‎ (miğ, “cloud, fog”), Manichaean Parthian myg, Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла (mgla), Latvian migla, and Albanian mjegull. A borrowing from the Iranian descendants is also possible, but according to Martirosyan the existence of dialectal մգլել (mglel, “to cloud”), in view of its internal -l-, that is reminiscent of the Greek and Balto-Slavic forms, favours the native origin.

Noun

մէգ • (mēg)

1. mist, fog, darkness

   թանձր մէգ ― tʿanjr mēg ― dense fog, thick mist

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մէգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մէգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 386
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 466
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎ (pdf), Zagreb, page 11
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մէգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy