Comparative evidence

mer

• Arm. meṙanim vn. 'die', 'expire', 'breathe one's last', 'give up the ghost', 'depart this life', 'pay the last debt to nature'; 'mortify one's body' (Bedrossian 1879: 467)

References

Bedrossian 1879 = Bedrossian, M.M. 1879. New Dictionary Armenian - English. Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy.