չքարա

Armenian

Etymology

From Georgian ჩქარა (čkara, “quickly; suddenly”). For the sense development compare հանկարծ (hankarc).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰəˈkʰɑɾɑ]

Particle

չքարա • (čʿkʿara) (Karabakh)

  1. if only, I just hope
    Synonyms: թաքի (tʿakʿi) (Karabakh), միայն թե (miayn tʿe) (Standard Eastern Armenian), հանկարծ (hankarc)
    Չքարա հաց լինի տանը: ― Čʿkʿara hacʿ lini tanə: ― I just hope there is bread at home

Further reading
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), “չըքարա”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 596a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “չքարա”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 451a
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