քչփորել

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պճկորել (pčkorel), կչպորել (kčʿporel), կչփորել (kčʿpʿorel), պչկորել (pčʿkorel), փչխորել (pʿčʿxorel), փչփորել (pʿčʿpʿorel), քչպորել (kʿčʿporel), կճպորել (kčporel), քցպորել (kʿcʿporel), քցփորել (kʿcʿpʿorel) dialectal

Etymology

Originally a dialectal word. The origin is uncertain. Related to պճկել (pčkel). Folk-etymologically reshaped as քիչ (kʿičʿ) + փորել (pʿorel).

Pronunciation

Verb

քչփորել (kʿčʿpʿorel)

  1. (transitive) to pick, to peck, to dig
    քիթը քչփորելkʿitʿə kʿčʿpʿorelto pick one's nose
    ատամները քչփորելatamnerə kʿčʿpʿorelto pick one's teeth

Inflection

Derived terms

  • քչփորիկ (kʿčʿpʿorik)
  • քչփորիչ (kʿčʿpʿoričʿ)
  • քչփորում (kʿčʿpʿorum)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), քչփորել”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), պճկել”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 916b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 519a
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), քչփորել”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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