վալանցա

Armenian

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Etymology

Of the same Italian origin as Ottoman Turkish ولنچه (velençe).

Noun

վալանցա • (valancʻa) (obsolete)

1. a kind of thick blanket

   Hypernym: վերմակ (vermak)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 57:

     վալանցայ․ ֆիլցատայ

     valancʻay; filcʻatay

     վալանցայ (valancʻay) = filzàda

Alternative forms

• վալանցայ (valancʻay) — traditional orthography