խպիպ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic غَبَب (ḡabab), غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab). The Muş forms are contaminated with խոպոպ (xopop), խոպոպիք (xopopikʻ).

The philological status of the form խպիպ (xpip), which was learnedly adopted in the literary language from the dictionaries, is uncertain. It is included in Aṙjeṙn baṙaṙan[1] as an Old Armenian word, but its place of attestation is unknown. NHB treats it as a dialectal word.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

խպիպ (xpip)

  1. goitre
    Synonym: զոբ (zob)
  2. double chin
    Synonym: կրկնակզակ (krknakzak)

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References

  1. ^ Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “խպիպ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 394b
  2. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “խպիպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui. Yaweluac ašxarhik baṙkʻ anvkaykʻ i grocʻ aṙ mez ełelocʻ [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Dialectal Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1063b

Further reading

  • խպիպ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խպիպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 424a