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Where does “آواناق” come from?

آواناق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Armenian ավանակ, from Old Armenian յաւանակ.

Ancestry of “آواناق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianավանակdonkey, ass
2Old Armenianյաւանակ—
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