կուղխ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կուղխ (kułx). The sense "wolverine" is a semantic loan from New Latin gulo (“glutton; wolverine”) or from some European language: compare English glutton, French glouton, Italian ghiottone, German Vielfraß.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kuχχ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡuχχ/,

կուղխ • (kuġx) (superlative ամենակուղխ)

1. (rare) gluttonous

   Synonym: շատակեր (šataker)

կուղխ • (kuġx)

1. wolverine, glutton, Gulo gulo^[1]

   Synonym: շատակերիկ (šatakerik)

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “կուղխ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
• “կուղխ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

The origin is unknown.

կուղխ • (kułx)

1. gluttonous

The word is a hapax legomenon.

• Armenian: կուղխ (kuġx)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կուղխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կուղխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կուղխ”, 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 658a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կուղխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 426b