դոդ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /dod/,

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դոդ • (dod) (traditional orthography spelling դօդ) (dialectal)

1. a large ceramic bowl for cooking food
2. a large ceramic plate

• դոդո (dodo)
• դոդիկ (dodik)
• դոդ գլուխ (dod glux)

• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “դոդ¹”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 342b

Possibly derives from the above sense "large ceramic bowl," shortened from the derived terms դոդո (dodo), դոդ գլուխ (dod glux), which mean "having a large head (like a large bowl)" and came to denote "thick-headed, dumb." Compare դդմագլուխ (ddmaglux, “a dumb person”, literally “pumpkin-headed”).

դոդ • (dod) (superlative ամենադոդ)

1. (informal) stupid, dumb

• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “դոդ²”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 342b