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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ժանգ (žang).
Pronunciation
Noun
ժանգ • (žang)
- rust
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian ژنگ (žang), زنگ (zang, “rust”) and see it for more.[1][2]
Noun
ժանգ • (žang)
- rust
5th century,
Bible,
Ezekiel 24.6:
- Վասն այնորիկ այսպէս ասէ Ադոնայի Տէր․ Ո՛վ քաղաք արեանց, կաթսայ լի ժանգով, եւ ժանգն ի նմանէ ոչ պարզեցաւ
- Vasn aynorik ayspēs asē Adonayi Tēr; Óv kʻałakʻ areancʻ, katʻsay li žangov, ew žangn i nmanē očʻ parzecʻaw […]
- Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it!
- moss
- Synonyms: մամուռ (mamuṙ), քարաքոս (kʻarakʻos)
- rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)
- Synonym: երեւիլ (erewil)
- cancer
- Synonym: քաղցկեղ (kʻałcʻkeł)
- venom, poison
- Synonyms: մահադեղ (mahadeł), թոյն (tʻoyn), ժահր (žahr)
- (figuratively, religion) heretical sect
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 156
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 225–226
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 830–831
- Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “ժանգ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran, Yerevan: University Press, page 295b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ժանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 236a