Armenian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Armenian գան (gan); see it for more.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

գան (gan)

  1. (archaic) beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick

Declension Edit

Old Armenian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-(n)i-, from *gʷʰen-.[1][2][3]

Noun Edit

գան (gan)

  1. beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick, whip, lash, whipping
    գան հարկանելgan harkanelto cudgel, to strike with a stick, to whip
    գան ըմպելgan əmpelto receive a bastinado, beating, blows, to be beaten with a stick or whip
  2. scourge, chastisement, punishment
  3. wound

Declension Edit

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References Edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  3. ^ 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 Edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “գան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy