զանգակ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian զանգակ (zangak).

Pronunciation

Noun

զանգակ (zangak)

  1. (Western Armenian) bell
    Synonym: զանգ (zang)
  2. (Eastern Armenian) small bell
  3. bellflower
    Synonym: զանգակածաղիկ (zangakacaġik)

Declension

Related terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Of Iranian origin. Compare Persian زنگ (zang), whence Middle Armenian զանկ (zank), Armenian զանգ (zang).

Noun

զանգակ (zangak)

  1. bell (large or small)
    զանգակ հարկանելzangak harkanelto ring the bell
    զանգակ հարկանել վասն ննջեցելոցzangak harkanel vasn nnǰecʻelocʻto toll for the dead
    հնչէին զանգակք պատարագիhnčʻēin zangakkʻ pataragithe bells were ringing for church

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: զանկակ (zankak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զանգակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զանգակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 149
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զանգակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy