μαλάχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • μολόχη (molókhē), μολάχη (molákhē)
  • μάλβακα (málbaka) (acc.sg.)

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely related to or the sources of Latin malva, Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba). Suggested to be from a Semitic source; compare Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, saltbush), Aramaic מַלוּחָא / ܡܲܠܘܼܚܵܐ (mallūḥā, saltbush), Arabic مُلَّاح (mullāḥ, seepweed), however these are of the Amaranthaceae family instead of the Malvaceae and have been pointed towards without acquaintance with the Armenian and Georgian.

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Noun

μαλάχη • (malákhē) f (genitive μαλάχης); first declension

  1. mallow

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մոլոշ”, 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, page 340b
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31
  • Löw, Immanuel (1916) “Schachtelhalm und Schwaden”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 19, number 12, columns 353–356
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 232
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