Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փքամ (pʻkʻam), փքանամ (pʻkʻanam), from փուք (pʻukʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

փքել (pʻkʻel)

  1. (dialectal) to inflate, to blow up (to fill with air)
  2. (dialectal) to bloat, to distend, to swell up (of the abdomen)
  3. (dialectal, figuratively) to exaggerate, to inflate
  4. (dialectal, figuratively) to aggrandize, to inflate (to exaggerate someone's achievements or reputation)

Inflection edit