αβούκα

Cappadocian Greek

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Perhaps borrowed from Armenian *հավուկ (*havuk), affectionate diminutive of Old Armenian հաւ (haw, “grandfather”) formed with -ուկ (-uk).[1][2] But note that this diminutive is not attested in Armenian, and that Old Armenian հաւ (haw) and its derivatives do not survive in Armenian dialects.

Alternatively, from Latin avus.[3][4]

Noun

αβούκα (avoúka)

  1. grandfather

References
  1. Bugge, Sophus (1893) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, page 10
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 67a
  3. Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 51
  4. Dawkins, R. M. (1916) Modern Greek in Asia Minor: A study of dialect of Silly, Cappadocia and Pharasa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pages 580b, 195

Further reading
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1886) Neugriechisches aus Kleinasien (Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen; 33) (in German), Göttingen: Dieterichsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, page 6b
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