Գյանջա

Armenian

Alternative forms

• Գեանջայ (Geanǰay), Գեանջա (Geanǰa) — traditional orthography

Etymology

From Azerbaijani Gəncə. Doublet of Գանձակ (Ganjak).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡjɑnˈd͡ʒɑ/, [ɡjɑnd͡ʒɑ́]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kjɑnˈt͡ʃɑ/, [kʰjɑnt͡ʃʰɑ́]
• Hyphenation: Գյան‧ջա

Proper noun

Գյանջա • (Gyanǰa)

1. Ganja

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Գյանջա (Gyanǰa)
dative	Գյանջայի (Gyanǰayi)
ablative	Գյանջայից (Gyanǰayicʻ)
instrumental	Գյանջայով (Gyanǰayov)
locative	Գյանջայում (Gyanǰayum)
	definite forms
nominative	Գյանջան (Gyanǰan)
dative	Գյանջային (Gyanǰayin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Գյանջաս (Gyanǰas)
dative	Գյանջայիս (Gyanǰayis)
ablative	Գյանջայիցս (Gyanǰayicʻs)
instrumental	Գյանջայովս (Gyanǰayovs)
locative	Գյանջայումս (Gyanǰayums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Գյանջադ (Gyanǰad)
dative	Գյանջայիդ (Gyanǰayid)
ablative	Գյանջայիցդ (Gyanǰayicʻd)
instrumental	Գյանջայովդ (Gyanǰayovd)
locative	Գյանջայումդ (Gyanǰayumd)

Synonyms

• (former names) Գանձակ (Ganjak), Ելիզավետպոլ (Elizavetpol), Կիրովաբադ (Kirovabad)

References

• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Ašxarhagrakan anunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Geographic Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book]‎^[1] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 48