չափալախ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish şaplak and its dialectal forms and, in some dialects, from Azerbaijani şapalaq and its dialectal forms. Compare Middle Armenian չափլախ (čʻapʻlax), from the same source.

Pronunciation

Noun

չափալախ (čʻapʻalax)

  1. (dialectal) slap (in the face)
    չափալախ ուտելčʻapʻalax utelto receive a slap
    Synonym: ապտակ (aptak)

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Further reading

References

  1. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “չափալախ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 395a
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “շափալախ”, 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, page 259