նահանգ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նահանգ (nahang).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /nɑˈhɑnɡ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /nɑˈhɑnk/,

նահանգ • (nahang)

1. province, state

   Ալյասկան նահանգ է ― Alyaskan nahang ē ― Alaska is a state

2. (historical) the largest political subdivision of ancient Armenia, consisting of several գավառ (gavaṙ, “canton”)

From Akkadian 𒈾𒀭𒂵 (na-an-ga /⁠nanga⁠/) or 𒈾𒄖𒌋 (na-gu-u /⁠nagu⁠/, “province”), itself from Sumerian 𒇳𒆸 (niĝin₅, “water, irrigation district, an island, a piece of land surrounded by canals or water”), from the verb 𒆸 (niĝin₂, “to encircle, to enclose, to confine”).

նահանգ • (nahang)

1. province, region, state
2. the largest political subdivision of ancient Armenia, consisting of several գաւառ (gawaṙ, “canton”)

• → Armenian: նահանգ (nahang)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նահանգ”, 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) “նահանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նահանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy