Armenian

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Կոճղ (1)

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կոճղ (kočł).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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կոճղ (kočġ)

  1. tree stump, stub
  2. block, log, large piece of wood
  3. stocks (punishment device)
    Synonym: կունդ (kund)

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the root կոճ- (koč-).

Noun

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կոճղ (kočł)

  1. tree trunk
  2. large piece of wood, block
  3. fetters, shackles, stocks
    դնել, պնդել ի կոճեղdnel, pndel i kočełto put in stocks or fetters
  4. rack, torture
    ի կոճեղս մատուցանելi kočełs matucʻanelto place on the rack, to put to torture
  5. trunk, body of a human

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կոճղ (kočġ) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոճղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոճղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1749) “կոճղ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 471a