փոխան

Armenian

Etymology

From փոխել (pʻoxel) + -ան (-an), i.e. that which is to be changed. For the sense development compare Italian mutande.

Pronunciation

Noun

փոխան • (pʻoxan) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. underpants, long underwear
    Synonym: վարտիք (vartikʻ)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 61:[1]
      փոխան․ պռակէսէ
      pʻoxan; pṙakēsē
      փոխան (pʻoxan) = braghesse

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 246
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