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Etymology edit

From տենչ (tenčʻ).

Verb edit

տենչամ (tenčʻam)  (aorist indicative տենչացայ)

  1. to desire, to wish, to envy, to covet, to burn for
    տենչայ Սաթենիկ տենչանս զարտախուր խաւարտնtenčʻay Satʻenik tenčʻans zartaxur xawartnSatenik is seized by a violent desire for curled endive

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: տենչալ (tenčʻal)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տենչամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy