պլոճիկ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The origin is unknown. Compare Armenian քարճիկ (kʿarčik).

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Noun[edit]

պլոճիկ (pločik) (dialectal)

  1. kidney, especially animal kidney as food
    Synonym: երիկամ (erikam)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 51:[1]
      պոլոճիկ․ ռունեօն
      poločik; ṙuneōn
      պոլոճիկ (poločik) = rugnòn
  2. (figuratively) pluck, guts, nerve
    պլոճիկ ունենալpločik unenalto have the guts
  3. (dialectal) bean, haricot; kidney bean
    Synonym: լոբի (lobi)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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), Leuven: Peeters, page 240

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “պլոճ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 913
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “պոլոճիկ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 100a