չոփ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چوپ (çöp). The derived idiom չոփ գցել (čʿopʿ gcʿel, to cast a lot) parallels Azerbaijani çöp atmaq (to cast a lot).

Pronunciation

Noun

չոփ (čʿopʿ) (dialectal)

  1. fragments of wood, straw, or other plant matter
  2. litter, rubbish
  3. thin and dry branch or piece of wood
  4. (figuratively) skinny and tall person, a beanpole

Declension

Derived terms

  • չոփիկ (čʿopʿik)
  • չոփ գցել (čʿopʿ gcʿel)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), չօփ”, 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
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), չօփ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), չօփ”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN
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