կոպալ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from an unidentified member of the family of words discussed at Persian گوپال‎ (gupâl). Especially close to Laz კოპალი (ǩop̌ali). The rarer form կոմբալ (kombal) is from Georgian due to geographical distribution.

Pronunciation

Noun

կոպալ • (kopal) (dialectal)

  1. (Yerevan, Karabakh, Van, Trabzon, Tbilisi, Erzurum, Khotorjur) stick with a knob, club
  2. (Yerevan, Karabakh) drumstick (held in the right hand)
    Antonym: (held in the left hand) կոմբաջ (kombaǰ)
  3. (Hamshen) stick for beating maize, cannabis, pears, apples, etc.
  4. walking stick

Declension

Derived terms

  • կոմբալագլուխ (kombalaglux)
  • կոպալագլուխ (kopalaglux)
  • կոպալաթակ (kopalatʿak)
  • կոպալկեն (kopalken)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “կոպալ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 593ab
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “կոպալ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 358b
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 378, page 82
  • Łapʿancʿyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 82
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “կոպալ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 149a
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