Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian ճաշ (čaš).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ճաշ (čaš)

  1. dinner (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. meal

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *čāš. Compare Persian چاش (čâš, lunch), چاشت (čâšt, breakfast, early dinner), چشیدن (češidan, to taste). See also ճաշակ (čašak).

Noun

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ճաշ (čaš)

  1. dinner, noonday meal; repast, entertainment, feast
    սպասք ճաշոյspaskʻ čašoydinner-service
    սեղան ճաշոյsełan čašoydinner-table
    զանգակ ճաշոյzangak čašoydinner-bell
    ճաշոյ ժամčašoy žamthe three canonical hours, Third, Sixth and Ninth
    ճաշ անպաճոյճčaš anpačoyčfrugal meal or table
    ճաշ գործելčaš gorcelto get dinner ready
    ճաշ առնելčaš aṙnelto give a dinner
    ճաշ մեծ գործելčaš mec gorcelto give a grand dinner-party
    պատրաստ է ճաշնpatrast ē čašndinner is on the table
    ճաշք զճաշս մղեն եւ ընթրիք զընթրեօք անցանենčaškʻ zčašs młen ew əntʻrikʻ zəntʻreōkʻ ancʻanendinners follow dinners and suppers follow hard on suppers

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ճաշ (čaš)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճաշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 185ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճաշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 187
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճաշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy