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վտանգ

վտանգ

Armenian

Noun

վտանգ (vtang)

  1. danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard
    վտանգն անցավvtangn ancʿav ― the danger passed

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • վտանկ (vtank)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *vitang, from Old Persian *vitanka- (hardship, peril, misfortune), composed of the preverb *vi- (down) and the root *tanč- (to twist (together), become narrow, dense, constrict). Compare also from this root Middle Persian tng (tang, narrow) and Persian تنگ (tang, narrow). See also թանձր (tʿanjr).

Noun

վտանգ (vtang)

  1. peril, danger, risk, chance, hazard, ill, misfortune
    վտանգաւvtangaw ― perilously, hazardously, dangerously
    ի վտանգ արկանել, դնել ի վտանգի, մատնել ի վտանգi vtang arkanel, dnel i vtangi, matnel i vtang ― to put in jeopardy, to endanger, to compromise
    ի վտանգ արկանել զանձնi vtang arkanel zanjn ― to put oneself in jeopardy, to risk or venture oneself
    ի վտանգի լինելi vtangi linel ― to be in jeopardy, to incur danger, to run risk
    խուսել, փրկել ի վտանգիցxusel, pʿrkel i vtangicʿ ― to shun danger, to avoid perils
    նաւն ի վտանգի կայր խորտակելnawn i vtangi kayr xortakel ― the ship was in danger of being wrecked
    վտանգ ի վերայ կայր նորաvtang i veray kayr nora ― he was in peril
    վտանգ է նմաvtang ē nma ― he is in danger, he runs the risk of
    վտանգաւ կենացնvtangaw kenacʿn ― at the risk of his life
    վտանգաւ անձինսvtangaw anjins ― at the peril of my life
  2. punishment
  3. (as an adjective) sick, ill

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), վտանգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), վտանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935