բոխախ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dialectal Turkish buḫağ (double chin) and Azerbaijani buxaq (double chin).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [boχɑ́χ]
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Noun

բոխախ • (boxax) (dialectal)

  1. double chin
    Synonym: կրկնակզակ (krknakzak)
    • 17th century, Kʻōsay Erēcʻ, Poems :[1]
      Փառք ու պատիւ ասեմ ես քո արարչին,
      Որ ամենայն փառօք զքեզիկ զարթարեր,
      Կուզեմ թարիպ անեմ, պարոն Աննայիս
      Թառ պօհին, թառ պուխախին, թառ արմատ առեր։
      Pʻaṙkʻ u patiw asem es kʻo ararčʻin,
      Or amenayn pʻaṙōkʻ zkʻezik zartʻarer,
      Kuzem tʻarip anem, paron Annayis
      Tʻaṙ pōhin, tʻaṙ puxaxin, tʻaṙ armat aṙer.

Declension

References

  1. Sahakyan, Hasmik (1987) Uš miǰnadari hay banasteġcutʻyunə (XVI—XVII dd.) [The Armenian poetry of the late Middle Ages (16–17th centuries)], volume II, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 656

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “բուխախ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 204b
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 215
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բոխախ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 206b
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “բուխախ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 97bc
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