չոփ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish چوپ (çöp). The derived idiom չոփ գցել (čʻopʻ gcʻel, to cast a lot) parallels Azerbaijani çöp atmaq (to cast a lot).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

չոփ (čʻopʻ) (dialectal)

  1. fragments of wood, straw, or other plant matter
  2. litter, rubbish
  3. thin and dry branch or piece of wood
  4. (figuratively) skinny and tall person, a beanpole

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “չօփ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “չօփ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “չօփ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN