mamúx
Romani
Etymology
From Middle Armenian մամուխ (mamux, “sloe”).[1] For the sense "vagina" compare dialectal Armenian մամուխ (mamux, “vulva”).
Noun
mamúx[2]
- sloe (fruit)
- sloe (bush)
- vagina
Derived terms
- mamuxlin (“sloebush”)
- mamuxora, mamuxori (diminutive)
- kali mamuxa (“raspberry”)
- karnuni mamuxa (“rose hip, dog rose (fruit)”)
References
- Boretzky, Norbert (2012) Studien zum Wortschatz des Romani (in German), Faber, page 226
- Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “mamux”, in Wörterbuch Romani–Deutsch–Englisch für den südosteuropӓischen Raum: Mit eine Grammatik der Dialektvarianten, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 175a, not knowing about the Armenian word and unnecessarily comparing with Persian مهميز (mahmīz), Turkish mahmuz (“spur, goad”).