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նհանգ

նհանգ

Armenian

Noun

նհանգ (nhang)

  1. a mythical aquatic monster

Declension

References

  • նհանգ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *nihang. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian nhng (nihang) and see there for more.

Noun

նհանգ (nhang)

  1. a mythical aquatic monster
  2. crocodile
  3. hippopotamus

Declension

Derived terms

  • նհանգանման (nhanganman)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), նհանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), նհանգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), նհանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 458b