զանգ

Armenian

զանգ

Etymology

From Middle Armenian զանկ (zank), from Persian زنگ (zang). The sense "call" is a semantic loan from Russian звоно́к (zvonók).

Pronunciation

Noun

զանգ • (zang)

  1. bell
  2. ring, call (a telephone call or telephone conversation)
    զանգ տալzang talto call

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զանգակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “զանգ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian
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