ժանգառ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ժանգառ (žangaṙ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ժանգառ (žangaṙ)

  1. verdigris (a blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals, the pigment made from it and its color)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 24:[1]
      ժանկառ․ վէռտէռամէ
      žankaṙ; vēṙtēṙamē
      ժանկառ (žankaṙ) = verderame

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 225

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A Middle Iranian borrowing. See Persian زنگار (zangâr) for more.

Noun[edit]

ժանգառ (žangaṙ)

  1. verdigris (a blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals and the pigment made from it)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Armenian: ժանկառ (žankaṙ)
  • Armenian: ժանգառ (žangaṙ)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 226ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ժանգառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 156
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ժանգառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy