Armenian

Noun

վտանգ • ‎(vtang)

1. danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard

   վտանգն անցավ‎ ― vtangn ancʿav ― the danger passed

Declension

Related terms

• անվտանգ ‎(anvtang)
• վտանգավոր ‎(vtangavor)

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

   վտանգաւ‎ ― vtangaw ― perilously, hazardously, dangerously

   ի վտանգ արկանել, դնել ի վտանգի, մատնել ի վտանգ‎ ― i vtang arkanel, dnel i vtangi, matnel i vtang ― to put in jeopardy, to endanger, to compromise

   ի վտանգ արկանել զանձն‎ ― i vtang arkanel zanjn ― to put oneself in jeopardy, to risk or venture oneself

   ի վտանգի լինել‎ ― i vtangi linel ― to be in jeopardy, to incur danger, to run risk

   խուսել, փրկել ի վտանգից‎ ― xusel, pʿrkel i vtangicʿ ― to shun danger, to avoid perils

   նաւն ի վտանգի կայր խորտակել‎ ― nawn i vtangi kayr xortakel ― the ship was in danger of being wrecked

   վտանգ ի վերայ կայր նորա‎ ― vtang i veray kayr nora ― he was in peril

   վտանգ է նմա‎ ― vtang ē nma ― he is in danger, he runs the risk of

   վտանգաւ կենացն‎ ― vtangaw kenacʿn ― at the risk of his life

   վտանգաւ անձինս‎ ― vtangaw anjins ― at the peril of my life

2. punishment
3. (as an adjective) sick, ill

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: վտանգ ‎(vtang)

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