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Central Kurdish مەڵەغان (cognate)
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Central Kurdish مەڵغە (mention)
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Ancient Greek μελία (cognate)
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Proto-Armenian (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *mélid (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (inherited)
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Northern Kurdish melexan (cognate)
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Armenian մեղեխ (learned borrowing)