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դանգ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Middle Iranian borrowing: compare Persian دانگ (dâng, sixth of something) and see it for more.

Noun

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դանգ (dang)

  1. a unit of weight
  2. small coin, obolus

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: դանգ (dang)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 620ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 134
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy