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Armenian
Մի բաժակ սուրճ
Etymology
A modern word of unknown origin.[1] The first attestation is in the second volume of HHB (1769) as a Grabar gloss to Ashkharhabarխահվէ(xahvē),[2] followed by attestations in Xačʻatur J̌uġayecʻi (1787), Sarafean (1788)[3] and Petros J̌ułayecʿi (1789).
Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, from the sound made when sipping coffee.[4][5] Typologically compare Hungarianszürcsöl(“to slurp, sip”), of onomatopoeic origin.
իսկ առ դրան եկեղեցւոյն նստէ դարձեալ յաթոռ․ ուր տան նմա սուրճ, այսինքն՝ ղահֆայ առ ի ըմպել։ և իբր աւարտեաց զարբումն սրճոյն, այսինքն՝ ղահֆային, ելեալ գնայ ի տեղին իւր՝ ուստի եկեալն էր
[…]isk aṙ dran ekeġecʻwoyn nstē darjeal yatʻoṙ; ur tan nma surč, aysinkʻn, ġahfay aṙ i əmpel. ew ibr awarteacʻ zarbumn srčoyn, aysinkʻn, ġahfayin, eleal gnay i teġin iwr, usti ekealn ēr[…]
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սուրճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 257a
^ Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “խահվէ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 238b
^ Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʻean [Key of Knowledge] (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 171
^ Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “սուրճ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 251
^ Kʻalantʻarean, Petros (1793) Bžškaran hamaṙōt [Brief Medical Book] (in Armenian), Nor Nakhichevan: S. Xačʻ vankʻ Press, page 21
^ Kʻalantʻarean, Petros (1793) Bžškaran hamaṙōt [Brief Medical Book] (in Armenian), Nor Nakhichevan: S. Xačʻ vankʻ Press, page 131
Further reading
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սուրճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Urišean, Vardgēs (1998) “սուրճ”, in Mer armatnerə nor loysi tak [Our Root Words Under New Light] (in Armenian), volume II, Fresno: Meshag Printing & Publishing, page 178b
