պաչել

Armenian

Etymology

Probably a by-form of պագել (pagel) from the same onomatopoeic source, perhaps influenced by Northern Kurdish maç, paç (kiss), Persian ماچ (mâč, kiss).

Pronunciation

Verb

պաչել • (pačʻel)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to kiss
    թուշը պաչելtʻušə pačʻelto kiss on the cheek
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 51:[1]
      պաչել․ պաժարէ
      pačʻel; pažarē
      պաչել (pačʻel) = baciare

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References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 240
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