Armenian

Noun

գան • ‎(gan)

1. (archaic) beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-(n)i-, from *gʷʰen-.

Noun

գան • ‎(gan)

1. beating, bastinado, battery, blows with a stick, whip, lash, whipping

   գան հարկանել‎ ― gan harkanel ― to cudgel, to strike with a stick, to whip

   գան ըմպել‎ ― gan əmpel ― to receive a bastinado, beating, blows, to be beaten with a stick or whip

2. scourge, chastisement, punishment
3. wound

Declension

Synonyms

• (beating): ծեծ ‎(cec)

Derived terms

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 198