աճուկ

From Middle Armenian աճուկ (ačuk).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈt͡ʃuk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈd͡ʒuɡ/,

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• Hyphenation: ա‧ճուկ

աճուկ • (ačuk)

1. groin (the fold or depression on either side of the body between the abdomen and the upper thigh)
2. (dialectal) pubis
3. (dialectal) pelvis
4. (dialectal) thigh

From աճել (ačel, “to grow”) +‎ -ուկ (-uk), because of the widespread belief that the groin relates to the process of child growth.

աճուկ • (ačuk), genitive singular աճուկի (ačuki)

1. groin (the fold or depression on either side of the body between the abdomen and the upper thigh)

• Armenian: աճուկ (ačuk)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աճուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աճուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “աճուկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ačuk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 44