γούπα

Cappadocian Greek

Alternative forms

• κούπα (koúpa)

Etymology

From Old Armenian գուբ (gub, “pit, hole”).

Noun

γούπα (goúpa)

1. pit, hole, ditch; well

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գուբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 89
• Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 153