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վանգ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾng /⁠vāng⁠/, voice, cry). Compare Persian بانگ (bâng, voice, sound, noise, cry).

Noun

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վանգ (vang)

  1. sound, voice
  2. (grammar) syllable
  3. (music) tune
  4. (music) kind of a note

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վանկ (vank) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy