չափալախ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • չափալաղ (čʻapʻalaġ), չափալե (čʻapʻale), չափալեղ (čʻapʻaleġ), շափալաղ (šapʻalaġ), շափլախ (šapʻlax), շապպալաղ (šappalaġ), շաբալախ (šabalax), չըմփալախ (čʻəmpʻalax), շափլոխ (šapʻlox), շափալա (šapʻala), շափալախ (šapʻalax), չըմփալաղ (čʻəmpʻalaġ), չա̈փա̈լա̈ (čʻäpʻälä)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شاپلاق (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)
    Synonym: ապտակ (aptak)
    չափալախ ուտելčʻapʻalax utelto receive a slap

Declension

Derived terms

  • չափալախել (čʻapʻalaxel)

References

  • 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
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “չափալաղ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 18b
  • 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
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