մունջ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մունջ (munǰ), from Old Armenian մունջ (munǰ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մունջ • (munǰ) (superlative ամենամունջ)

  1. dumb, mute
  2. silent, speechless

Declension

Adverb

մունջ • (munǰ)

  1. silently
    լուռ ու մունջ ― luṙ u munǰ ― quietly, silently

Derived terms

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian մունջ (munǰ).

Adjective

մունջ • (munǰ)

  1. dumb, mute, silent, speechless

Derived terms

  • մնջանամ (mnǰanam)
  • մնջացնօղ (mnǰacʻnōġ)
  • մնջնակ (mnǰnak)
  • մնջնաքար (mnǰnakʻar)
  • մնջութիւն (mnǰutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մունջ (munǰ)
  • → Middle Georgian: მუნჯი (munǯi)
    • → Bats: მუნჯ (munǯ)

References

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, from Proto-Indo-European *munyo-, a thematization of *muni-; compare Sanskrit मुनि (muni, “ecstatic person, ascetic, hermit (especially one who has taken the vow of silence)”), Czech muňa (“speechless, fool”).

According to Ačaṙyan, from Proto-Indo-European *mundyo- and cognate with Ancient Greek μυνδός (mundós), μύδος (múdos), μυκός (mukós), μυττός (muttós, “dumb”), Latin mutus, Sanskrit मूक (mūka, “dumb”).

In any case probably ultimately going back to sound-symbolic *mū-. See also մրմունջ (mrmunǰ), մուռ (muṙ), մունչ (munčʻ).

Adjective

մունջ • (munǰ)

  1. dumb, mute, silent, speechless
    Synonym: համր (hamr)
    մունջ առնել ― munǰ aṙnel ― to strike dumb
    մունջ լինել ― munǰ linel ― to be mute, to become dumb or speechless

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մունջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մունջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մունջ”, 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 486
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