դունչ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian դունչ (dunčʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

դունչ • (dunčʻ)

  1. snout, muzzle
  2. (colloquial) chin

Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Usually said to be from Old Armenian *ընդ-ունչ (*ənd-unčʻ), from ընդ (ənd) + ունչ (unčʻ). But compare Georgian დრუნჩი (drunči), დრუნგი (drungi), დინგი (dingi, snout), ტუჩი (ṭuči, lip; snout, muzzle).

Noun

դունչ • (dunčʻ), genitive singular դնչի (dnčʻi)

  1. the projecting part of the head, including the nose, mouth and jaws

Derived terms

  • դնչիկ (dnčʻik)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դունչ (dunčʻ)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դունչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 656a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “դունչ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 491
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “դունչ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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