ճանճ
Armenian
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Alternative forms
- ճանջ (čanǰ) (dialectal)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian ճանճ (čanč).
Pronunciation
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- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑnt͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃɑnt͡ʃ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑnd͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒɑnd͡ʒ]
Noun
ճանճ • (čanč)
- fly (insect)
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular | plural | |||
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nominative | ճանճ (čanč) | ճանճեր (čančer) | ||
dative | ճանճի (čanči) | ճանճերի (čančeri) | ||
ablative | ճանճից (čančicʻ) | ճանճերից (čančericʻ) | ||
instrumental | ճանճով (čančov) | ճանճերով (čančerov) | ||
locative | — | — | ||
definite forms | ||||
nominative | ճանճը/ճանճն (čančə/čančn) | ճանճերը/ճանճերն (čančerə/čančern) | ||
dative | ճանճին (čančin) | ճանճերին (čančerin) | ||
1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
nominative | ճանճս (čančs) | ճանճերս (čančers) | ||
dative | ճանճիս (čančis) | ճանճերիս (čančeris) | ||
ablative | ճանճիցս (čančicʻs) | ճանճերիցս (čančericʻs) | ||
instrumental | ճանճովս (čančovs) | ճանճերովս (čančerovs) | ||
locative | — | — | ||
2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
nominative | ճանճդ (čančd) | ճանճերդ (čančerd) | ||
dative | ճանճիդ (čančid) | ճանճերիդ (čančerid) | ||
ablative | ճանճիցդ (čančicʻd) | ճանճերիցդ (čančericʻd) | ||
instrumental | ճանճովդ (čančovd) | ճանճերովդ (čančerovd) | ||
locative | — | — |
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ճանջ (čanǰ)
Etymology
A Zan borrowing. Compare Mingrelian ჭანჯი (č̣anǯi), ჭანდი (č̣andi), Laz მ-ჭაჯი (m-ç̌aci, “fly”), Old Georgian მ-წერი (m-c̣eri, “fly; insect”). Klimov reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣₁er- for these.
Noun
ճանճ • (čanč)
- fly (insect)
- 5th century, Bible, Ecclesiastes 10.1:
- Ճանճք մեռեալք զազրացուցանեն զեւղս անուշունս […]
- Čančkʻ meṙealkʻ zazracʻucʻanen zewłs anušuns […]
- Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench
- Ճանճք մեռեալք զազրացուցանեն զեւղս անուշունս […]
- եղանակ ճանճից ― ełanak čančicʻ ― fly-time
- ծիրտ ճանճից ― cirt čančicʻ ― fly-blow
- սատակիչ ճանճից ― satakičʻ čančicʻ ― fly-bane
- զճանճ փիղ գործել ― zčanč pʻił gorcel ― to exaggerate, to make mountains of mole-hills
Declension
i-type
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o-type
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: ճանճ (čanč)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ճանճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճանճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ 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], volume X, page 21
- Shanidze A. (1981) txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad [Works in Twelve Volumes], volume II, Tbilisi: Metsniereba Publishers, page 493
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