Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian փուք (pʻukʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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փուք (pʻukʻ)

  1. breath from the mouth
  2. air compressed and collected somewhere

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeic formation, possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European and cognate with Old Armenian փչեմ (pʻčʻem, to blow, breathe), Persian پوک (puk, wind from the throat in blowing a fire), Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, bellows)

Noun

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փուք (pʻukʻ)

  1. breath from the mouth
  2. air from the bellows
  3. (figurative) puffiness, haughtiness
  4. flatus, fart
    փուքս արձակել, հանել փուքսpʻukʻs arjakel, hanel pʻukʻsto fart, to let a fart, to break wind

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: փուք (pʻukʻ)
  • Georgian: ფუქვა (pukva), ფუქუვა (pukuva)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փուք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 529ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փուք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 44
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փուք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy