լումայ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • լոմայ (lomay)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܠܘܡܐ (lūmā, money, coin).

Noun

լումայ • (lumay)

  1. mite, small piece of money

Declension

Derived terms

  • լոմափոխ (lomapʻox)
  • լումայական (lumayakan)
  • լումայափոխ (lumayapʻox)
  • լումափոխ (lumapʻox)
  • լումափող (lumapʻoł)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լումա (luma)
  • Old Georgian: ლომაჲ (lomay)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լումայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լումայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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