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թուանկ

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Middle Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian تفنگ (tofang) and Ottoman Turkish تفنك (tüfenk).

Noun

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թուանկ (tʻuank)

  1. firearm, gun, musket
    • 16th century, Yōhannēs Arčišecʻi, Chronicle :[1][2][3]
      [] թէ քանի մարդ մեռավ սրով և թրով, թօփով և թուանկով, սովով և ծարաւով []
      [] tʻē kʻani mard meṙav srov ew tʻrov, tʻōpʻov ew tʻuankov, sovov ew carawov []
      [] how many people died from steel and sword, cannon and gun, hunger and thirst []
    • 1573, Protocols of the Armenian Court in Kamieniec Podolski :[4][5]
      [] էրէկ կամէիր զիս դֆանքով սպանանել []
      [] ērēk kamēir zis dfankʻov spananel []
      [] yesterday you wanted to kill me with a gun []
    • 1573, Protocols of the Armenian Court in Kamieniec Podolski :[4]
      [] զի նայ զիս կամեց դֆանքով զառնել։
      [] zi nay zis kamecʻ dfankʻov zaṙnel.
      [] because he wanted to shoot me with a gun.

Usage notes

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Often used in the set phrase թօփ եւ թուանկ (tʻōpʻ ew tʻuank, literally cannon and gun) to refer to gunpowder weapons in general.

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Hakobyan, Vazgen (1956) Manr žamanakagrutʻyunner XIII—XVIII dd. [Minor Chronicles 13–18th cc.] (Nyutʻer hay žoġovrdi patmutʻyan; 7) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
  2. ^ Poġosyan, Norayr (2014) “թօփ և թուանկ”, in Norahayt baṙer vaġašxarhabaryan aġbyurnerum (16–18-rd dd.) [Newfound Words in Early Ashkharhabar Sources (16–18th cc.)], Yerevan: University Press, pages 82–83
  3. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “թուանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 249a
  4. 4.0 4.1 Grigoryan, V. Ṙ. (1963) Kamenecʻ-Podolsk kʻaġakʻi haykakan datarani arjanagrutʻyunnerə (XVI d.) [The Protocols of the Armenian Court in the Town of Kamieniec Podolski (16th c.)]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 230
  5. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “դֆանք”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 177b

Further reading

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  • Akinean, H. N., editor (1936), Simēon dpri Lehacʻwoy uġegrutʻiwn, taregrutʻiwn ew yišatakarankʻ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 429
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “թըւանկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 244b