չուխա

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian չուխայ (čʿuxay), from Persian چوقا (čôqâ), چوخا (čôxâ). See Ottoman Turkish چوقه (çoka, çoha, çuka, çuha) for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

չուխա (čʿuxa)

  1. woolen cloth
    • 1636, Simēon Lehacʿi, Ułegrutʿiwn [Travel Accounts] :[1][2]
      Եւ ասին թէ ԺԵ Մսրայ խազնայի չափ զարար եղեւ․ զէրպապչիք, խամղալաթցիք, աթլազ-քամխացիք, պահարչիք, չուխաչիք․ քանի հարիւր խանութ սօֆչիք, խալի, քիլիմ, ապրշում եւ քանի հարիւր թօբ սամուր սարտաւայ, սինճաբ, ախազ, աղվես, եւ այլ ազգ եւ ազգ թույալաթ
      Ew asin tʿē ŽE Msray xaznayi čʿapʿ zarar ełew; zērpapčʿikʿ, xamłalatʿcʿikʿ, atʿlaz-kʿamxacʿikʿ, paharčʿikʿ, čʿuxačʿikʿ; kʿani hariwr xanutʿ sōfčʿikʿ, xali, kʿilim, apršum ew kʿani hariwr tʿōb samur sartaway, sinčab, axaz, ałves, ew ayl azg ew azg tʿuyalatʿ
      • Translation by George A. Bournoutian
        They said that treasuries were lost which equaled fifteen Egyptian treasuries, golden brocades, other fine brocades, fine atlas, spices, felt cloaks, several hundred stores with wool, carpets, kilims, silk, several thousand bales of camel fur, sable, squirrel skins, ermine, fox and other various furs.
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 49:[3]
      չուխայ․ փաննօ
      čʿuxay; pʿannō
      չուխայ (čʿuxay) = panno
  2. chokha

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  1. Akinean, H. N., editor (1936) Simēon dpri Lehacʿwoy ułegrutʿiwn, taregrutʿiwn ew yišatakarankʿ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 381
  2. Bournoutian, George A. (2007) The Travel Accounts of Simēon of Poland (Armenian Studies Series; 10), Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, page 311
  3. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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 238

Further reading

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), չուխա”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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