Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

Of the same Italian origin as Ottoman Turkish ولنچه (velençe).

Noun edit

վալանցա (valancʻa) (obsolete)

  1. a kind of thick blanket
    Hypernym: վերմակ (vermak)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 57:[1]
      վալանցայ․ ֆիլցատայ
      valancʻay; filcʻatay
      վալանցայ (valancʻay) = filzàda

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 244