ճանճ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ճանճ (čanč).

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Noun[edit]

ճանճ (čanč)

  1. fly (insect)

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

A Zan borrowing: compare Mingrelian ჭანჯი (č̣anǯi), ჭანდი (č̣andi), Laz მ-ჭაჯი (m-ç̌aci, fly). Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣₁er-.

Noun[edit]

ճանճ (čanč)

  1. fly (insect)
    • 5th century, Bible, Ecclesiastes 10.1:
      Ճանճք մեռեալք զազրացուցանեն զեւղս անուշունս []
      Čančkʿ meṙealkʿ zazracʿucʿanen zewłs anušuns []
      Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ճանճ (čanč)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) “ճանճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 184–185
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ճանճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 170c
  • Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 370
  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 141
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ճանճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 437b
  • Riabinin, Michel (1898) “Notes de lexicographie géorgienne. Examen du matériel emprunté”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris[1] (in French), volume X, page 21
  • Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1981) Kartuli enis sṭrukṭurisa da isṭoriis saḳitxebi [Issues of the structure and history of the Georgian language] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 2)‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 493