քչփորել

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պճկորել (pčkorel), կչպորել (kčʻporel), կչփորել (kčʻpʻorel), պչկորել (pčʻkorel), փչխորել (pʻčʻxorel), փչփորել (pʻčʻpʻorel), քչպորել (kʻčʻporel), կճպորել (kčporel), քցպորել (kʻcʻporel), քցփորել (kʻcʻpʻorel) dialectal

Etymology

Originally a dialectal word. The origin is uncertain. Related to պճկել (pčkel). Folk-etymologically reshaped as քիչ (kʻičʻ) + փորել (pʻorel).

Pronunciation

Verb

քչփորել • (kʻčʻpʻorel)

  1. (transitive) to pick, to peck, to dig
    քիթը քչփորելkʻitʻə kʻčʻpʻorelto pick one's nose
    ատամները քչփորելatamnerə kʻčʻpʻorelto pick one's teeth

Inflection

Derived terms

  • քչփորիկ (kʻčʻpʻorik)
  • քչփորիչ (kʻčʻpʻoričʻ)
  • քչփորում (kʻčʻpʻorum)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “քչփորել”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “պճկել”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 916b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 519a
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “քչփորել”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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