# ցանց
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ)

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /t͡sʰɑnt͡sʰ/, [t͡sʰɑnt͡sʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /t͡sɑnt͡s/, [t͡sʰɑnt͡sʰ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

ցանց • (cʻancʻ)
* net, netting
* network; chain (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
* (computing) network
    սոցիալական ցանց ― socʻialakan cʻancʻ ― social network

#### Derived terms

* առցանց (aṙcʻancʻ)
* համացանց (hamacʻancʻ)
* սոցիալական ցանց (socʻialakan cʻancʻ)
* ցանցաթաղանթ (cʻancʻatʻaġantʻ)
* ցանցահեն (cʻancʻahen)
* ցանցաճոճ (cʻancʻačoč)
* ցանցենի (cʻancʻeni)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is uncertain. J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *skn̥-sko-, from *(s)ken- (“to peel”): compare Proto-Germanic *skinþą, Breton skant (“dandruff”), Old Irish ceinn (“peel, rind”). This is considered unattractive both semantically and formally by Martirosyan, who instead connects ցանց (cʻancʻ) with Latin cassis (“hunting-net”) and catēna (“chain”) and derives all from a Mediterranean substrate word of the shape *(s)ḱats-. For another possibly "Mediterranean" word from the same semantic sphere see թարփ (tʻarpʻ).
A borrowing from the Alanic ancestor of Ossetian цанс (cans) / цасм (casm, “loop, noose, snare”) has also been proposed.
According to Ačaṙean, Laz ცანცა (ʒanʒa, “basket for picking grapes and other fruits”) is an Armenian borrowing.

### Noun

ցանց • (cʻancʻ)
* casting-net, seine (for catching fish and other animals)
    սփռել զցանց ― spʻṙel zcʻancʻ ― to spread nets
    անկանիլ ի ցանցս ― ankanil i cʻancʻs ― to be caught, taken in a net; to be snared, netted, entrapped
** 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 2.85:Ոչ կարեմ ասել զերգագութիւն ձեռինն, ո՛րպէս անբաւք ի նմանէ յերկիր անկեալ թաւալագլոր խաղային, օրինակ իմն ի գեղեցիկ ցանցորդէ լի ձկամբք յերկիր թօթափեալ ցանցոյն, կայտռէին յերեսս երկրին։Očʻ karem asel zergagutʻiwn jeṙinn, órpēs anbawkʻ i nmanē yerkir ankeal tʻawalaglor xałayin, ōrinak imn i gełecʻik cʻancʻordē li jkambkʻ yerkir tʻōtʻapʻeal cʻancʻoyn, kaytṙēin yeress erkrin.Translation by Robert W. ThomsonI am unable to describe the quickness of his arm and how an infinite number [of the enemy] were struck to the ground by him and rolled in the dust. Like a net full of fish emptied on the ground by an expert fisherman, they danced on the surface of the earth.
** 5th century, Bible, Ecclesiastes 9.12:Որպէս ձկունք որսացեալք ցանցիւք չարեօք […] Orpēs jkunkʻ orsacʻealkʻ cʻancʻiwkʻ čʻareōkʻ […]as fishes that are taken in an evil net
* (figuratively) snare

#### Usage notes

In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron, “casting-net”).

#### Declension

post-classical

#### Derived terms

* ցանցարկ (cʻancʻark)
* ցանցեմ (cʻancʻem)
* ցանցիչ (cʻancʻičʻ)
* ցանցորդ (cʻancʻord)

#### Related terms

* ցանցառ (cʻancʻaṙ) (perhaps)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: ցանց (cʻancʻ) (learned)
* → Laz: ცანცა (ʒanʒa)

### References

* 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցանց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 450–451
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 957
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ցանց”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 742a
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016) “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 294
* ↑ Dalalyan, Tork (2011) Alanian Loan-words in Armenian‎, Handout, 7th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Cracow, September 7–10, 2011
* ↑ Movsēs Xorenacʻi (1913) M. Abeġean and S. Yarutʻiwnean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; II.1), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, pages 230–231
* ↑ Thomson, Robert W. (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources‎, revised edition, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 233
* ↑ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 215

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ցանց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 909–910
* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ցանց”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 797b
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ցանց”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1409b
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցանց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 715a