պաչել

Armenian

Etymology

Probably a by-form of պագել (pagel) from the same onomatopoeic source, perhaps influenced by Northern Kurdish maç, paç (kiss), Persian ماچ (mâč, kiss).

Pronunciation

Verb

պաչել (pačʿel)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to kiss
    թուշը պաչելtʿušə pačʿelto kiss on the cheek
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 51:[1]
      պաչել․ պաժարէ
      pačʿel; pažarē
      պաչել (pačʿel) = baciare

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References

  1. 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 240
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