նահանգ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նահանգ (nahang).

Pronunciation

Noun

նահանգ • (nahang)

  1. province, state
    Ալյասկան նահանգ էAlyaskan nahang ēAlaska is a state
  2. (historical) the largest political subdivision of ancient Armenia, consisting of several գավառ (gavaṙ, canton)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒈾𒀭𒂵 (na-an-ga /⁠nanga⁠/) or 𒈾𒄖𒌋 (na-gu-u /⁠nagu⁠/, province), itself from Sumerian 𒇳𒆸 (niĝin5, water, irrigation district, an island, a piece of land surrounded by canals or water), from the verb 𒆸 (niĝin2, to encircle, to enclose, to confine).

Noun

նահանգ • (nahang)

  1. province, region, state
  2. the largest political subdivision of ancient Armenia, consisting of several գաւառ (gawaṙ, canton)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: նահանգ (nahang)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նահանգ”, 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) “նահանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նահանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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