Գանձակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Գանձակ (Ganjak). Doublet of Գյանջա (Gyanǰa).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑnˈd͡zɑk/, [ɡɑnd͡zɑ́k]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑnˈt͡sɑɡ/, [kʰɑnt͡sʰɑ́ɡ]

Proper noun

Գանձակ • (Ganjak)

1. Former name of Գյանջա (Gyanǰa). Gandzak.
2. Gandzak (a village in Armenia)
3. (historical) Ganzak (a town in ancient Iran)

Usage notes

Also used colloquially to refer to modern Ganja, often in order to stress the Armenian heritage of the city.

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Գանձակ (Ganjak)
dative	Գանձակի (Ganjaki)
ablative	Գանձակից (Ganjakicʻ)
instrumental	Գանձակով (Ganjakov)
locative	Գանձակում (Ganjakum)
	definite forms
nominative	Գանձակը/Գանձակն (Ganjakə/Ganjakn)
dative	Գանձակին (Ganjakin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Գանձակս (Ganjaks)
dative	Գանձակիս (Ganjakis)
ablative	Գանձակիցս (Ganjakicʻs)
instrumental	Գանձակովս (Ganjakovs)
locative	Գանձակումս (Ganjakums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Գանձակդ (Ganjakd)
dative	Գանձակիդ (Ganjakid)
ablative	Գանձակիցդ (Ganjakicʻd)
instrumental	Գանձակովդ (Ganjakovd)
locative	Գանձակումդ (Ganjakumd)

References

• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Ašxarhagrakan anunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Geographic Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book]‎^[1] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 48