Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish قرنجه (karınca).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խառընճա (xaṙənča) (Istanbul)

  1. ant
    Synonym: մրջյուն (mrǰyun)

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խառընճա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages