mamúx

Romani

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մամուխ (mamux, “sloe”).[1] For the sense "vagina" compare dialectal Armenian մամուխ (mamux, “vulva”).

Noun

mamúx[2]

  1. sloe (fruit)
  2. sloe (bush)
  3. vagina

Derived terms
  • mamuxlin (“sloebush”)
  • mamuxora, mamuxori (diminutive)
  • kali mamuxa (“raspberry”)
  • karnuni mamuxa (“rose hip, dog rose (fruit)”)

References
  1. Boretzky, Norbert (2012) Studien zum Wortschatz des Romani (in German), Faber, page 226
  2. Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “mamux”, in Wörterbuch Romani–Deutsch–Englisch für den südosteuropӓischen Raum: Mit eine Grammatik der Dialektvarianten, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 175a, not knowing about the Armenian word and unnecessarily comparing with Persian مهميز‎ (mahmīz), Turkish mahmuz (“spur, goad”).
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