բաղչա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian, ultimately from Persian باغچه (bâğče).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɑχt͡ʃʰɑ́]
  • (file)

Noun

բաղչա • (baġčʻa)

  1. (dialectal) garden, orchard
    Synonyms: պարտեզ (partez), այգի (aygi)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 50:[1]
      պաղչայ․ ճառտինօ
      paġčʻay; čaṙtinō
      պաղչայ (paġčʻay) = giardino
    • 1661 – 1722, Yovnatʻan Nałaš, Tałer [Poems] :[2][3]
      Շամամներիդ համար դառն եմ,
      Թո՛ղ, որ ձեռս մէջն խառնեմ,
      Ինձ ծախեմ՝ էդ բախչէդ առնեմ։
      Զալում, թո՛ղ՝ ես
      Եմիշ քաղեմ,
      Մէկ ծիծաղեմ:
      Šamamnerid hamar daṙn em,
      Tʻóġ, or jeṙs mēǰn xaṙnem,
      Inj caxem, ēd baxčʻēd aṙnem.
      Zalum, tʻóġ, es
      Emiš kʻaġem,
      Mēk cicaġem:
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        I'm desperate for your melons.
        Let my hand them go among them,
        Let me sell myself and buy the orchard of yours.
        O unjust one, Let me
        pick some fruit
        and have a giggle.

Declension

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 239
  2. Naġaš Hovnatʻan (1983) A. Mnacʻakanyan, editor, Taġer [Poems] (Hay kʻnarergutʻyun), Yerevan: Sovetakan groġ, pages 48–49
  3. Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, 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 74
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