մաղարիչ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մաղարիճ (maġarič), մաղարիջ (maġariǰ) Karabakh

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَخَارِج (maḵārij), plural of مَخْرَج (maḵraj).

Pronunciation

Noun

մաղարիչ • (maġaričʻ)

  1. magharich, a gift or treat given by someone who has success, wears a new dress or receives good news
  2. (euphemistic) bribe, kickback

Declension

Further reading

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մաղարիչ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “մաղարիճ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 487a
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