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Old Armenian
- կաւշիկ (kawšik) — the original spelling
- կոշիկ (košik) — misspelling
Etymology
The original spelling is կաւշիկ (kawšik), borrowed from Iranian *kafšīk. Compare Middle Persian (kpš /kafš/), (kpšk' /kafšag/, “shoe”), Persian کفش (kafš, “shoe”) and Central Kurdish کەوش (kewş, “shoe”).
Noun
կօշիկ • (kōšik)
- boot; shoe
- ներկել, մաքրել զկօշիկ ― nerkel, makʻrel zkōšik ― to black, to polish or clean boots or shoes
- ագանել կօշիկս ― aganel kōšiks ― to put on one's boots or shoes
- հանել զկօշիկս ― hanel zkōšiks ― to take or pull off one's boots
- կաղապար կօշկաց ― kałapar kōškacʻ ― boot-tree, boot-last
- լուծանել զխրացքս կօշկաց ― lucanel zxracʻkʻs kōškacʻ ― to loosen shoe-latchets
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կօշիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կօշիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կօշիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kafš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press