Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ունչ (unčʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ունչ (unčʻ) (archaic)

  1. nose; nostril
    Synonym: քիթ (kʻitʻ)
  2. moustache
    Synonym: բեղ (beġ)

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.

Noun edit

ունչ (unčʻ)

  1. nose; nostril
    սրբել զունչսsrbel zunčʻsto blow one's nose
    ունչս առնել, ունել, ընկենուլ, յընչաց քերելunčʻs aṙnel, unel, ənkenul, yənčʻacʻ kʻerelto turn up one's nose at, to snap one's fingers at, to set at nought or at defiance, to take no notice of, to make no account of, to set light by, to despise, to scorn, to quiz, to laugh at, to ridicule
  2. moustache
    զընչօք առնելzənčʻōkʻ aṙnelto trim one's mustaches, to twirl the mustaches

Usage notes edit

Usually used in the plural: ունչք (unčʻkʻ).

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ունչ (unčʻ) (learned)

References edit

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