դանգ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- դանկ (dank)
Etymology
A Middle Iranian borrowing: compare Persian دانگ (dâng, “sixth of something”) and see it for more.
Noun
դանգ • (dang)
- a unit of weight
- small coin, obolus
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | դանգ (dang) | դանգք (dangkʿ) | |
| genitive | դանգի (dangi) | դանգաց (dangacʿ) | |
| dative | դանգի (dangi) | դանգաց (dangacʿ) | |
| accusative | դանգ (dang) | դանգս (dangs) | |
| ablative | դանգէ (dangē) | դանգաց (dangacʿ) | |
| instrumental | դանգաւ (dangaw) | դանգաւք = դանգօք (dangawkʿ = dangōkʿ) | |
| locative | դանգի (dangi) | դանգս (dangs) |
Derived terms
- դանգաշահութիւն (dangašahutʿiwn)
- դանգարժեայ (dangaržeay)
- դանգեկէս (dangekēs)
- երեքդանգեան (erekʿdangean)
- վեցդանգեան (vecʿdangean)
Descendants
- Armenian: դանգ (dang)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 620ab
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “դանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 134
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “դանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy