մելամաղձ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Partial calque of Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía), substituting the second part by մաղձ (maġj, bile). The fully calqued equivalent is սևամաղձ (sewamaġj).

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մելամաղձ (melamaġj) (superlative ամենամելամաղձ) (poetic)

  1. melancholic, depressed
    Synonym: մելամաղձոտ (melamaġjot)

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Noun[edit]

մելամաղձ (melamaġj) (poetic)

  1. melancholy, deep sadness or depression
    Synonym: մելամաղձություն (melamaġjutʻyun)

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մելամաղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press
  • Müller, Friedrich (1863) “Beiträge zur Lautlehre der armenischen Sprache”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 41, page 10
  • Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1749) “մելամաղձ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 633b