կուչ
Armenian
editEtymology
editOriginally 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) IPA(key): /kut͡ʃʰ/, [kut͡ʃʰ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡut͡ʃ/, [ɡut͡ʃʰ]
Noun
editկուչ • (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