կենճ

կենճ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian կէնճ (kēnč), from Ottoman Turkish كنج‎ (genç).

Adjective

կենճ • (kenč) (dialectal)

1. young

   Synonym: երիտասարդ (eritasard)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 33:[1]

     կանճ․ ճօվէնէ

     kanč; čōvēnē

     կանճ (kanč) = giovane

Noun

կենճ • (kenč) (dialectal)

1. young man, youth

   Synonym: երիտասարդ (eritasard)

Alternative forms

• գ^յա̈նջ (g^yänǰ) – Van, dialectological notation
• կանճ (kanč)
• կէնճ (kēnč) – traditional orthography spelling

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “կէնճ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The Influence of Turkish on Armenian and Words Borrowed from Turkish in the Vernacular Armenian Language of Constantinople in Comparison with the Dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow, Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages

References

1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 230