Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian փաղանգ (pʿałang).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փաղանգ (pʿaġang)

  1. (historical) phalanx (military unit)
  2. (figuratively) rank; file
  3. sun spider, camel spider, wind scorpion, solifuge, any member of Solifugae[1]
    Synonym: ֆալանգ (falang)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2001), “փաղանգ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʿ Z. Bazmotaniner, tʿrapočʿer, sardakerper, xecʿgetnakerper, kisakʿordavorner, covaneter, pogonoforner, pʿšamortʿner, pʿapʿkamarminner, order, manrakirner, aġexoršavorner, spungner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book VI. Myriapoda, Merostomata, Arachnida, Crustacea, Hemichordata, Chaetognatha, Pogonophora, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Worms, Ctenophora, Coelenterata, Spongia] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Tigran Mets, →ISBN, §§ 24–26, pages 4–5

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

Noun edit

փաղանգ (pʿałang)

  1. phalanx, legion (military unit)
  2. troop; caravan
  3. a kind of venomous arachnid
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Yałags ban unel ew anasun kendaneacʿd, aṙ Liwsimakʿos [De Animalibus] (manuscript margin, glossing փաղէժ (pʿałēž)) [1]

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փաղանգ (pʿaġang)

References edit

  1. ^ Awgereancʿ, Mkrtičʿ (1822) Pʿiloni Ebrayecʿwoy bankʿ erekʿ čʿew i loys əncayealkʿ. A. B. Yałags naxaxnamutʿean. G. Yałags kendaneacʿ [Philonis Judaei sermones tres hactenus inediti. I et II De Providentia, et III De Animalibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 144, footnote 1

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փաղանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 473ab
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փաղանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 473b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “փաղանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “փաղանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy