գան
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian գան (gan); see it for more.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡɑn/, [ɡɑn]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kɑn/, [kʰɑn]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Noun
գան • (gan)
Declension
| i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | գան (gan) | գաներ (ganer) | ||
| dative | գանի (gani) | գաների (ganeri) | ||
| ablative | գանից (ganicʻ) | գաներից (ganericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | գանով (ganov) | գաներով (ganerov) | ||
| locative | գանում (ganum) | գաներում (ganerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | գանը/գանն (ganə/gann) | գաները/գաներն (ganerə/ganern) | ||
| dative | գանին (ganin) | գաներին (ganerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | գանս (gans) | գաներս (ganers) | ||
| dative | գանիս (ganis) | գաներիս (ganeris) | ||
| ablative | գանիցս (ganicʻs) | գաներիցս (ganericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | գանովս (ganovs) | գաներովս (ganerovs) | ||
| locative | գանումս (ganums) | գաներումս (ganerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | գանդ (gand) | գաներդ (ganerd) | ||
| dative | գանիդ (ganid) | գաներիդ (ganerid) | ||
| ablative | գանիցդ (ganicʻd) | գաներիցդ (ganericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | գանովդ (ganovd) | գաներովդ (ganerovd) | ||
| locative | գանումդ (ganumd) | գաներումդ (ganerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-(n)i-, from *gʷʰen-.[1][2][3]
Noun
գան • (gan)
- beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick, whip, lash, whipping
- գան հարկանել ― gan harkanel ― to cudgel, to strike with a stick, to whip
- գան ըմպել ― gan əmpel ― to receive a bastinado, beating, blows, to be beaten with a stick or whip
- scourge, chastisement, punishment
- wound
Declension
i-type
Synonyms
- (beating): ծեծ (cec)
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 198
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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