Armenian

Alternative forms

• մախր ‎(maxr)

Noun

մարխ • ‎(marx)

1. the easily kindled resin of coniferous trees
2. quickly igniting resinous wood
3. Swiss pine (Pinus cembra)

Declension

References

• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “մարխ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• մախր ‎(maxr)
• մարխի ‎(marxi) (first sense only)

Etymology

Related to Persian مرخ ‎(marx) and Kurdish merx ‎(“a variety of juniper”). All possibly continuing Hurrian [script needed] ‎(māḫri), which is an arboreal term.

Noun

մարխ • ‎(marx)

1. a type of a resinous conifer
2. quickly igniting resinous wood

Descendants

• Armenian: մարխ ‎(marx)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մարխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մարխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մարխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Greppin, John A. C. (1991), “The Survival of Ancient Anatolian and Mesopotamian Vocabulary Until the Present”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 50, issue 3, pages 203–207