Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian չոքել (čʻokʻel), from Ottoman Turkish چوكمك (çökmek).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

չոքել (čʻokʻel)

  1. to kneel
    Synonyms: ծնկել (cnkel), ծնկի գալ (cnki gal), ծունր դնել (cunr dnel), ծնրադրել (cnradrel)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 50:[1]
      չոքիլ․ ճինօքեարսի
      čʻokʻil; činōkʻearsi
      չիթ (čʻitʻ) = ginocchiarsi

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 239

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չոքել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press