թալանչի

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Azerbaijani talançı. Equivalent to թալան (tʻalan) +‎ -չի (-čʻi).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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թալանչի (tʻalančʻi) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. plunderer, robber, pillager
  2. (figuratively) a corrupt official

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “թալանչի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan