Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian քօշ (kʻōš).

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Noun edit

քոշ (kʻoš)

  1. he-goat, billygoat
    Synonyms: նոխազ (noxaz), քաղ (kʻaġ)
    Hypernym: այծ (ayc)
  2. (Vozm, figuratively, cant) agha, bigwig
    Synonyms: աղա (aġa), մեծ (mec), իշխանավոր (išxanavor)
  3. (Akn, figuratively) elderly
    Synonyms: ջոջ (ǰoǰ), մեծացած (mecacʻac)

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “քօշ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1131b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քօշ”, 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, pages 604–605
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (2003) Kʻnnutʻyun Kilikiayi barbaṙi [Study of Cilicia Dialect]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 396, 592
  • Andreasyan, Tigran (1975) Svediayi barbaṙə (kʻistʻinəgi lezun) [The Dialect of Svedia (the Christian language)] (Hayereni barbaṙner; 11)‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 289
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “քօշ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 597c
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2012), “քօշ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VII, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 158b