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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սեղմեմ (sełmem), from սեղմ (seġm). The forms with /ə/ and /χ/ influenced by Ottoman Turkish صیقمق (sıkmak, to squeeze).

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Verb edit

սեղմել (seġmel)

  1. to squeeze
    ձեռք սեղմելjeṙkʿ seġmelto shake hands
  2. (figuratively) to put under pressure
  3. to compress, to condense

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Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սեղմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press