Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ժանգ (žang).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ժանգ (žang)

  1. rust

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian ژنگ (žang), زنگ (zang, rust) and see it for more.[1][2]

Noun

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ժանգ (žang)

  1. rust
    • 5th century, Bible, Ezekiel 24.6:
      Վասն այնորիկ այսպէս ասէ Ադոնայի Տէր․ Ո՛վ քաղաք արեանց, կաթսայ լի ժանգով, եւ ժանգն ի նմանէ ոչ պարզեցաւ []
      Vasn aynorik ayspēs asē Adonayi Tēr; Óv kʻałakʻ areancʻ, katʻsay li žangov, ew žangn i nmanē očʻ parzecʻaw []
      Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! []
  2. moss
    Synonyms: մամուռ (mamuṙ), քարաքոս (kʻarakʻos)
  3. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)
    Synonym: երեւիլ (erewil)
  4. cancer
    Synonym: քաղցկեղ (kʻałcʻkeł)
  5. venom, poison
    Synonyms: մահադեղ (mahadeł), թոյն (tʻoyn), ժահր (žahr)
  6. (figuratively, religion) heretical sect

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ժանգ (žang)

References

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  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 156
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 225–226

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