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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