թանկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թանգ (tʻang) — dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian թանկ (tʻank), an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

թանկ • (tʻank) (superlative ամենաթանկ)

  1. dear
    դու ինձ համար շատ թանկ ես ― du inj hamar šat tʻank es ― you are very dear to me
  2. expensive
    Antonym: էժան (ēžan)
    թանկ մեքենա ― tʻank mekʻena ― expensive car

Declension

Derived terms

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