չանչ

Armenian

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably related to չեչ (čʿečʿ), չենչ (čʿenčʿ), չաչ (čʿačʿ) and possibly also to ճաճ (čač). According to Ačaṙean, a Georgian-Zan borrowing: compare Proto-Georgian-Zan *čečw- and Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a). According to him, Persian جنجه (janja, grape stone) may be related as well.

Pronunciation

Noun

չանչ (čʿančʿ) (dialectal)

  1. empty bunch of grapes, empty grape stem
    Synonyms: շրվանդ (šrvand), քնթեռն (kʿntʿeṙn), չեչ (čʿečʿ)
    Coordinate term: ողկույզ (ołkuyz)
  2. grape pomace, residue of pressed grapes that can be distilled into pomace spirit
    Synonyms: չեչ (čʿečʿ), ճաճ (čač)
  3. fruit scrap
  4. milk solids that rise as a white foam or drop to the bottom when making clarified butter
    Synonym: թալինչք (tʿalinčʿkʿ)

Usage notes

A dialectal word, unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. But see the Usage note in չամիչ (čʿamičʿ).

Declension

Derived terms

  • չանչահան (čʿančʿahan)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), չանչ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 876a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), չանչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 623–624
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), չեչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 627b
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912), չանչ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 539a
  • Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894), չանչ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʿ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Pałtatlean Press, page 310a
  • Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (2018) Grabari baṙapašari imastayin xmberi kʿnnutʿyun (III mas). Xałołagorcutʿyun-ginegorcutʿyun [Study of semantic groups of Old Armenian vocabulary (Part III): Viticulture and winemaking] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 21
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), չանչ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 611b
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1945), չանչ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 10b
  • Nawasardeancʿ, Tigran (1903), չանչ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Araratean barbaṙi [Dictionary of Ararat Dialect] (in Armenian), Tiflis: Movsēs Vardaneancʿ Press, page 93b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), չանչ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 380b
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