գինեճան

Old Armenian

Etymology

From գինի (gini) + -ա- (-a-) +‎ -ճան (-čan).

Adjective

գինեճան • (ginečan)

1. wine-loving; drunkard

Derived terms

• գինեճանութիւն (ginečanutʻiwn)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գինեճան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press