Armenian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish شاپلاق (şaplak) and its dialectal forms and, in some dialects, from Azerbaijani şapalaq and its dialectal forms. Compare Middle Armenian չափլախ (čʻapʻlax), from the same source.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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չափալախ (čʻapʻalax)

  1. (dialectal) slap (in the face)
    Synonym: ապտակ (aptak)
    չափալախ ուտելčʻapʻalax utelto receive a slap

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “շափալախ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 259
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “չափալաղ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 18b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “չափալախ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 395a