ճղոպուր

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ճողոպուր (čoġopur), ճղուպուր (čġupur)

Etymology

A Kartvelian borrowing. Compare Mingrelian ჭუბური (č̣uburi, “chestnut”), Laz ჭანური (ç̌anuri, “chestnut”), Georgian წაბლი (c̣abli, “chestnut”).

Noun

ճղոպուր • (čġopur)

1. (dialectal, Karabakh) walnut (ripe, with hard shell)

   Synonym: ընկույզ (ənkuyz)

Further reading

• Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 369–370
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 441