գանձ

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Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian գանձ (ganj); see below.

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գանձ  (ganj)

  1. treasure, riches

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Old Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Persian ganǰ (treasure). Compare modern Persian گنج (ganǰ)

Noun [edit]

գանձ  (ganj)  (singular genitive գանձու or գանձի, plural genitive գանձուց or գանձից)

  1. treasure
    գանձ արքունի (ganj arkʿuni) — exchequer, finances
    տուն գանձու (tun ganju) — treasure, treasury
    գանձ արքայի (ganj arkʿayi) — privy purse of the king
  2. heap

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References [edit]

  • գանձ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • գանձ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • գանձ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)