ჟანგი

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing (compare Persian زنگ (zang)), via Old Armenian ժանգ (žang) or direct.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʒanɡi/, [ʒaŋɡi]
  • Hyphenation: ჟან‧გი

Noun[edit]

ჟანგი (žangi) (uncountable)

  1. rust

Inflection[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 226a