Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• մղձաւանճ ‎(młjawanč)

Noun

մղձաւանջ • ‎(młjawanǰ)

1. (post-classical, modern) incubus (a feeling of oppression during sleep), nightmare

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: մղձավանջ ‎(młjavanǰ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մղձաւանջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Xudabašeancʿ, Ałekʿsandr (1838), “մղձաւանջ”, in Baṙaran ’i haykakan lezuē ’i ṙusacʿ barbaṙ [Dictionary from the Armenian Language into the Russian Tongue], volume II, Moscow: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “մղձաւանջ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մղձուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935