ունչ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ունչ (unčʻ).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /unt͡ʃʰ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /unt͡ʃ/,

ունչ • (unčʻ) (archaic)

1. nose; nostril

   Synonym: քիթ (kʻitʻ)

2. moustache

   Synonym: բեղ (beġ)

• սրընչակ (srənčʻak)

• մունչ (munčʻ) — misconstruction

The origin is uncertain.

ունչ • (unčʻ)

1. nose; nostril

   սրբել զունչս ― srbel zunčʻs ― to blow one's nose

   ունչս առնել, ունել, ընկենուլ, յընչաց քերել ― unčʻs aṙnel, unel, ənkenul, yənčʻacʻ kʻerel ― to turn up one's nose at, to snap one's fingers at, to set at nought or at defiance, to take no notice of, to make no account of, to set light by, to despise, to scorn, to quiz, to laugh at, to ridicule

2. moustache

   զընչօք առնել ― zənčʻōkʻ aṙnel ― to trim one's mustaches, to twirl the mustaches

Usually used in the plural: ունչք (unčʻkʻ).

• → Armenian: ունչ (unčʻ) (learned)

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