քիմք

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian քիմք (kʻimkʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

քիմք (kʻimkʻ)

  1. palate
  2. (figuratively) liking, caprice, fancy

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷem- (to swallow) +‎ (-kʻ). Cognates include Sanskrit चमति (camati, to sip, to drink), Persian چم (čam, eating and drinking), کام (kâm, palate), Icelandic hvoma (to swallow).

Noun

քիմք (kʻimkʻpl

  1. palate
    լեզու նորա ի քիմս իւր կցեցաւlezu nora i kʻims iwr kcʻecʻawhis tongue clove to his palate
    ընդ քիմս ժպտիլənd kʻims žptilto laugh constrainedly, from the teeth outward
  2. (figuratively) liking, caprice, fancy
    ընդ քմացənd kʻmacʻby whim, humorously, capriciously, fantastically
    ի քմացi kʻmacʻaccording to one's fancy, liking, etc.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քիմք (kʻimkʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քիմք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քիմք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քիմք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press