Armenian

Noun

մաղ • ‎(mał)

1. sieve

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ml(h₂)-ni-, from *melh₂- ‎(“to grind”), with a semantic shift ‘to crush’ → ‘to pulverize’.

Noun

մաղ • ‎(mał)

1. sieve, winnowing basket

   կող մաղից‎ ― koł małicʿ ― hoop of sieve

2. basket
3. honeycomb

   մաղ մեղուաց‎ ― mał mełuacʿ ― honeycomb, cell

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: մաղ ‎(mał)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 445