# տանձ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian տանձ (tanj).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /tɑnd͡z/, [tɑnd͡z]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /dɑnt͡s/, [dɑnt͡sʰ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

տանձ • (tanj)
* pear (fruit)
* (slang) scrotum
    տանձիս չի ― tanjis čʻi ― I don't care

#### Derived terms

* տանձաձեւ (tanjajew)
* տանձենի (tanjeni)

### Further reading

* Pallas, Peter Simon (1784) “Pyrus cydonia”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 21, recorded as tans

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Pashto ټانگو (ṭāngú, “wild pear tree”), ټانگه (ṭā́nga, “domestic pear tree”), Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka, “fruit of Feronia elephantum (syn. of Limonia acidissima)”), Punjabi ਤੰਗੀ (taṅgī, “the wild pear tree, Pyrus communis”), Kashmiri टंग् (ṭaṅg, “pear”), Kohistani Shina [script needed] (ṭāṅgū, “pear”), Khowar ٹونگ (ṭoṅg, “pear”) etc. Compare also Classical Syriac ܬܰܢ̈ܓܳܝܳܬܳܐ f pl (tangāyāṯā) ܬܰܢ̈ܩܳܝܳܬܳܐ f pl (tanqāyāṯā, “Prunus mahaleb”), apparently borrowed from the same source. Plums and pears can be denoted by the same name, as for example Arabic إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ), or Georgian ბერყენა (berq̇ena, “willow-leaved pear”) against Svan ბა̈რყუ̂ენ (bärq̇ûen, “cherry plum”).

### Noun

տանձ • (tanj)
* pear (fruit)

#### Derived terms

* խոզատանձ (xozatanj)
* կարմրատանձ (karmratanj)
* տանձի (tanji)
* տանձիկ (tanjik)

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: տանծ (tanc)
* Armenian: տանձ (tanj)

### References

* ↑ Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2004) “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʻumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 3, page 187
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṭaṅka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* ↑ Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) “ܬܰܢ̈ܩܳܝܳܬܳܐ”, in Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 4473

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տանձ”, 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, page 369ab, not knowing the origin
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տանձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 17–19, not knowing the origin
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “տանձ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 720a, not knowing the origin
* 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 937, not knowing the origin
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տանձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy