խոնչա

Armenian

Etymology

From Azerbaijani xonça, from Persian خوانچه (xânče).

Pronunciation

Noun

խոնչա (xončʿa) (dialectal, Karabakh)

  1. low table or large tray, particularly such one as is fit for dining
  2. tray filled with different sweets and fruits, etc. brought to the bride or the groom on the day of betrothal

Declension

  • խոն (xon)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), խօնչա”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi 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 žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 195
  • Pisowicz, Andrzej (2019), “A short phrase book of the Stepanakert variant of the Karabagh dialect”, 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 255
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), խօնչա”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 290b
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