անագ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անագ (anag).

Pronunciation

Noun

անագ (anag)

  1. tin
    Synonyms: կլայեկ (klayek), (dialectal) խալայ (xalay)

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian о́лово (ólovo) is often used instead.

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Hurrian *anagi (tin), from Akkadian 𒀭𒈾 (annakum, tin; lead), ultimately connected to Sumerian 𒀭𒈾 (an-na /⁠anna⁠/, metal).

Noun

անագ (anag)

  1. tin
    օծանել՝ դրուագել անագաւōcanel, druagel anagawto tin, to cover with tin
    օծումն անագաւōcumn anagawact or employment of tinning

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: անագ (anag)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 425
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603