թալանչի

Armenian

Etymology

From Azerbaijani talançı. Equivalent to թալան (tʿalan) + -չի (-čʿi).

Pronunciation

Noun

թալանչի (tʿalančʿi) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. plunderer, robber, pillager
  2. (figuratively) a corrupt official

Declension

Further reading

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), թալանչի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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