կոպալ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from an unidentified member of the family of words discussed at Persian گوپال (gupâl). Especially close to Laz კოპალი (ǩop̌ali). The rarer form կոմբալ (kombal) is from Georgian due to geographical distribution.

Pronunciation

Noun

կոպալ • (kopal) (dialectal)

  1. (Yerevan, Karabakh, Van, Trabzon, Tbilisi, Erzurum, Khotorjur) stick with a knob, club
  2. (Yerevan, Karabakh) drumstick (held in the right hand)
    Antonym: (held in the left hand) կոմբաջ (kombaǰ)
  3. (Hamshen) stick for beating maize, cannabis, pears, apples, etc.
  4. walking stick

Declension

Derived terms

  • կոմբալագլուխ (kombalaglux)
  • կոպալագլուխ (kopalaglux)
  • կոպալաթակ (kopalatʻak)
  • կոպալկեն (kopalken)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կոպալ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 593ab
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “կոպալ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 358b
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 378, page 82
  • Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 82
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “կոպալ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 149a
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