ունչ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ունչ (unčʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ունչ • (unčʻ) (archaic)

  1. nose; nostril
    Synonym: քիթ (kʻitʻ)
  2. moustache
    Synonym: բեղ (beġ)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

ունչ • (unčʻ)

  1. nose; nostril
    սրբել զունչսsrbel zunčʻsto blow one's nose
    ունչս առնել, ունել, ընկենուլ, յընչաց քերելunčʻs aṙnel, unel, ənkenul, yənčʻacʻ kʻerelto turn up one's nose at, to snap one's fingers at, to set at nought or at defiance, to take no notice of, to make no account of, to set light by, to despise, to scorn, to quiz, to laugh at, to ridicule
  2. moustache
    զընչօք առնելzənčʻōkʻ aṙnelto trim one's mustaches, to twirl the mustaches

Usage notes

Usually used in the plural: ունչք (unčʻkʻ).

Declension

Derived terms

  • ընդունչսարկու (əndunčʻsarku)
  • ընչապտուկ (ənčʻaptuk)
  • կարճունչ (karčunčʻ)
  • կորունչ (korunčʻ)
  • ունչատ (unčʻat)
  • տափընչութիւն (tapʻənčʻutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ունչ (unčʻ) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ունչք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ունչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ունչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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