շապպոթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian շապպութ (šapputʻ), from Arabic شَبُّوط (šabbūṭ). For the -ր- (-r-) compare Azerbaijani şirbit, şirbet (“barbel”) from the same source.

Noun

շապպոթ • (šappotʻ)

1. (dialectal, Palu, Diyarbakır) a kind of whitish tasty flying fish in Aratsani that is difficult to catch

Alternative forms

• շրպոթ (šrpotʻ), շրպութ (šrputʻ)
• շապպօթ (šappōtʻ) — traditional orthography

Further reading

• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “շապպոթ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 204ab