պոպոզ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պիպոզ (pipoz) Karabakh
  • պուպուզ (pupuz) Goris
  • պոպլոզ (poploz) Moks

Etymology

Reduplication of պոզ (poz).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

պոպոզ • (popoz) (superlative ամենապոպոզ)

  1. (dialectal) pointy, pointed, sharp (especially of a hat)
    Synonym: սրածայր (sracayr)
  2. (dialectal) with rounded lips (as if when trying to pronounce ու (u))

Declension

Noun

պոպոզ • (popoz)

  1. (dialectal) pointed hat
    Synonyms: կնգուղ (knguġ), վեղար (veġar)
  2. (dialectal, slang) vardapet (because of wearing a pointed վեղար (veġar))
    Synonym: վարդապետ (vardapet)

Declension

Derived terms

  • պոպոզավոր (popozavor)
  • պոպոզան (popozan)
  • պոպոզիկ (popozik)

References

  1. Margaryan, Alekʻsandr (2015) Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 64–67

Further reading

  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “զոմփ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 190b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “պոպոզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 922a
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “պոպոզ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 115a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “պոպոզ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 108ab
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