կուչ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Originally a dialectal word. According to J̌ahukyan, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gukyo-, grown from the root *gew- (“to bend, to curve”) and cognate with Old Armenian *կուք- (*kukʻ-), կքեմ (kkʻem). He considers the borrowing from an Iranian cognate of Sanskrit कुच् (kuc-, “to bend, make curved”) less likely.

Pronunciation edit

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kut͡ʃʰ]
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡut͡ʃʰ]

Noun edit

կուչ • (kučʻ)

found only in idioms with the meaning “huddling, compacting, squeezing”
կուչ բերել, կուչ ածել ― kučʻ berel, kučʻ acel ― to squeeze; to suppress

կուչ գալ ― kučʻ gal ― to huddle up, to roll up into a ball; to be ashamed

References edit

“կուչ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կուչ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 92