կօշիկ

• կաւշիկ (kawšik) — the original spelling
• կոշիկ (košik) — misspelling

The original spelling is կաւշիկ (kawšik), borrowed from Iranian *kafšīk. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (kpš /⁠kafš⁠/), [script needed] (kpšk' /⁠kafšag⁠/, “shoe”), Persian کفش (kafš, “shoe”) and Central Kurdish کەوش (kewş, “shoe”).

կօշիկ • (kōšik)

1. boot; shoe

   ներկել, մաքրել զկօշիկ ― nerkel, makʻrel zkōšik ― to black, to polish or clean boots or shoes

   ագանել կօշիկս ― aganel kōšiks ― to put on one's boots or shoes

   հանել զկօշիկս ― hanel zkōšiks ― to take or pull off one's boots

   կաղապար կօշկաց ― kałapar kōškacʻ ― boot-tree, boot-last

   լուծանել զխրացքս կօշկաց ― lucanel zxracʻkʻs kōškacʻ ― to loosen shoe-latchets

• Armenian: կոշիկ (košik), կօշիկ (kōšik)
  • → Udi: кӏошикӏ (ḳošiḳ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կօշիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կօշիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կօշիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kafš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press