Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ճօճ (čōč).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ճոճ (čoč)

  1. swing (hanging seat)
    Synonym: ճոճանակ (čočanak)
  2. hanging cradle for babies
    Synonyms: ճոճք (čočkʻ), կախօրրան (kaxōrran)
  3. hammock
    Synonyms: ցանցաճոճ (cʻancʻačoč), ճոճացանց (čočacʻancʻ)
  4. rocking chair
    Synonym: ճոճաթոռ (čočatʻoṙ)
  5. swinging
    ճոճ տալčoč talto cause to swing
  6. a kind of dance

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Further reading edit

  • Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (2009) “ճոճ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (Haykakan matenašar Galust Kiwlpēnkean himnarkutʻean) (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ճոճ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • ճոճ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980