Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կոչունք (kočʻunkʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կոչունք (kočʻunkʻ)

  1. invitation; feast, banquet

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

կոչեմ (kočʻem) +‎ -ունք (-unkʻ)

Noun edit

կոչունք (kočʻunkʻpl

  1. invitation
  2. banquet, feast, entertainment, good cheer, good living
    կոչունս առնել, յօրինելkočʻuns aṙnel, yōrinelto give a dinner party, to feast, to treat, to entertain, to give an entertainment, to banquet, to feed well
    մեծահաց կոչունս առնել ումեքmecahacʻ kočʻuns aṙnel umekʻto entertain one in a noble manner, to feed him luxuriously, to treat him nobly, to give him a splendid entertainment
    ի կոչունս ուրախութեանi kočʻuns uraxutʻeanin the midst of the festivities
    ի ժամ կոչնոցնi žam kočʻnocʻnduring the entertainment

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կոչունք (kočʻunkʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոչունք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոչունք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press