# մածուն
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* մածոն (macon) — dialectal

### Etymology

From Old Armenian մածուն (macun).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /mɑˈt͡sun/, [mɑt͡sún]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /mɑˈd͡zun/, [mɑd͡zún]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

մածուն • (macun)
* matzoon
** ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 42:մածուն․ փուինայmacun; pʻuinayմածուն (macun) = puìna
* (Western Armenian, colloquial) yogurt

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular (singulare tantum) | singular (singulare tantum) |
| nominative | մածուն (macun) |
| dative | մածնի (macni) |
| ablative | մածնից (macnicʻ) |
| instrumental | մածնով (macnov) |
| locative | մածնում (macnum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | մածունը/մածունն (macunə/macunn) |
| dative | մածնին (macnin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | մածունս (macuns) |
| dative | մածնիս (macnis) |
| ablative | մածնիցս (macnicʻs) |
| instrumental | մածնովս (macnovs) |
| locative | մածնումս (macnums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | մածունդ (macund) |
| dative | մածնիդ (macnid) |
| ablative | մածնիցդ (macnicʻd) |
| instrumental | մածնովդ (macnovd) |
| locative | մածնումդ (macnumd) |
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular (singulare tantum) | singular (singulare tantum) |
| nominative | մածուն (macun) |
| dative | մածունի (macuni) |
| ablative | մածունից (macunicʻ) |
| instrumental | մածունով (macunov) |
| locative | մածունում (macunum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | մածունը/մածունն (macunə/macunn) |
| dative | մածունին (macunin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | մածունս (macuns) |
| dative | մածունիս (macunis) |
| ablative | մածունիցս (macunicʻs) |
| instrumental | մածունովս (macunovs) |
| locative | մածունումս (macunums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | մածունդ (macund) |
| dative | մածունիդ (macunid) |
| ablative | մածունիցդ (macunicʻd) |
| instrumental | մածունովդ (macunovd) |
| locative | մածունումդ (macunumd) |

#### Descendants

* → English: matzoon
* → Greek: μαζούν (mazoún)
* → Russian: мацу́н (macún)
* → Turkish: mazın (Sivas, Kayseri)

### See also

* մակարդ (makard)
* մերան (meran)

### References

* ↑ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 235

### Further reading

* Matzoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

From մած-ան-իմ (mac-an-im, “to curdle, coagulate”) +‎ -ուն (-un). Typologically compare Persian ماست (mâst, “coagulated milk, yoghurt”) from ماسیدن (mâsidan, “to coagulate”), Turkish yoğurt from yoğurmak (“to plasticize, knead”).

### Noun

մածուն • (macun)
* curds, curdled milk, clotted cream

#### Descendants

* Armenian: մածուն (macun), մածոն (macon) — dialectal
** → English: matzoon
** → Greek: μαζούν (mazoún)
** → Russian: мацу́н (macún)
** → Turkish: mazın (Sivas, Kayseri)
* → Middle Georgian: მაწონი (mac̣oni)
** Georgian: მაწონი (mac̣oni)
*** → Bats: მაწოჼ (mac̣õ)
*** → Mingrelian: მარწვენი (marc̣veni), მარწვინი (marc̣vini), მარწონი (marc̣oni)
*** → Svan: მარწუ̂ენ (marc̣ûen), მა̈რწუ̂ენ (märc̣ûen), მარწენ (marc̣en), მარწონ (marc̣on)
*** → Russian: мацо́ни (macóni)
**** → English: matsoni

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մած”, 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, pages 228–230
* ↑ Clackson, James (1994) The linguistic relationship between Armenian and Greek (Publications of the Philological Society; 30), Oxford, Cambridge: Blackwell, page 155
* ↑ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 456

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մածուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մածուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy