վալանցա

վալանցա

Armenian

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Etymology

Of the same Italian origin as Ottoman Turkish ولنچه‎ (velençe).

Noun

վալանցա • (valancʿa) (obsolete)

1. a kind of thick blanket

   Hypernym: վերմակ (vermak)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 57:[1]

     վալանցայ․ ֆիլցատայ

     valancʿay; filcʿatay

     վալանցայ (valancʿay) = filzàda

Alternative forms

• վալանցայ (valancʿay) – traditional orthography spelling

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 244