Գյանջա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Azerbaijani Gəncə. Doublet of Գանձակ (Ganjak).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡjɑnˈd͡ʒɑ/, [ɡjɑnd͡ʒɑ́]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kjɑnˈt͡ʃɑ/, [kʰjɑnt͡ʃʰɑ́]
  • Hyphenation: Գյան‧ջա

Proper noun

Գյանջա • (Gyanǰa)

  1. Ganja

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative Գյանջա (Gyanǰa)
dative Գյանջայի (Gyanǰayi)
ablative Գյանջայից (Gyanǰayicʻ)
instrumental Գյանջայով (Gyanǰayov)
locative Գյանջայում (Gyanǰayum)
definite forms
nominative Գյանջան (Gyanǰan)
dative Գյանջային (Gyanǰayin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative Գյանջաս (Gyanǰas)
dative Գյանջայիս (Gyanǰayis)
ablative Գյանջայիցս (Gyanǰayicʻs)
instrumental Գյանջայովս (Gyanǰayovs)
locative Գյանջայումս (Gyanǰayums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative Գյանջադ (Gyanǰad)
dative Գյանջայիդ (Gyanǰayid)
ablative Գյանջայիցդ (Gyanǰayicʻd)
instrumental Գյանջայովդ (Gyanǰayovd)
locative Գյանջայումդ (Gyanǰayumd)

Synonyms

  • (former names) Գանձակ (Ganjak), Ելիզավետպոլ (Elizavetpol), Կիրովաբադ (Kirovabad)

References

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Ašxarhagrakan anunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Geographic Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book]‎[1] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 48