θώπεκας

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Pontic Greek

Etymology

Inherited from an unattested Byzantine Greek blend of θώς (thṓs, “jackal”) +‎ ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”). Old Armenian թեպեկ (tʻepek), թոբէկ (tʻobēk) is borrowed from the same source.

Noun

θώπεκας (thópekas) m (plural θωπεκάντ' or θωπέκ') (Ophitic, Sourmena, Trapezounta, Chaldia)

  1. jackal
    Synonym: τσ̌άκαλος (tšákalos)

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  • Ioannídis, Sávvas (1870) Ιστορία και στατιστική Τραπεζούντος και της περί ταύτην χώρας ως και τα περί της ενταύθα ελληνικής γλώσσης (in Greek), Constantinople: Τυπογρ. Ι. Α. Βρετού, page ιεʹ
  • Παπαδόπουλος, Άνθιμος (1946) “Γλωσσικαί έρευναι”, in Αρχείον Πόντου (in Greek), volume 12, Athens, pages 16–17
  • Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1958–1961) “θώπεκας”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), Athens: Myrtidis, page 361b
  • Παρχαρίδης, Ιωάννης (1883–1884) “Συλλογή ζώντων μνημείων της αρχαίας ελληνικής γλώσσης εν Όφει [Collection of living documents of the Ancient Greek language in Ophis]”, in Ο εν Κωνσταντινουπόλει Ελληνικός Φιλολογικός Σύλλογος: Σύγγραμμα περιοδικόν‎ (in Greek), volume 18, page 136b of 118–178
  • The template Template:R:pnt:Asan does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Meyer, Gustav (1895) Neugriechische Studien. IV (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Classe; 132) (in German), Vienna, page 10, footnote 1
  • Oeconomides, D. E. (1908) Lautlehre des Pontischen (in German), Leipzig: A. Deichert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Nachf., pages 20, 123
  • Tursun, Vahit (2021) “θώπεκας”, in Romeika – Türkçe Sözlük : Trabzon Rumcası, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 274b
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