Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Northern Kurdish belengaz (poor, wretched, miserable, unhappy). The ending -ած (-ac) in some dialects developed under the influence of the participle suffix -ած (-ac).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

բլնգազ (blngaz) (superlative ամենաբլնգազ)

  1. (dialectal) weak, wretched
    Synonyms: թույլ (tʻuyl), անճարակ (ančarak), խեղճ ու կրակ (xeġč u krak)

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Further reading edit

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բլնգազ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 198a