խպիպ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խա̈բիբ (xäbib) Moks
  • ղաբաբ (łabab) Tbilisi (via Georgian)
  • խօբօբ (xōbōb), խօբօբիք (xōbōbikʿ) Muş
  • խախափ (xaxapʿ) Gazakh

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic غَبَب (ḡabab), غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab). The Muş forms are contaminated with խոպոպ (xopop), խոպոպիք (xopopikʿ).

The philological status of the form խպիպ (xpip), which was learnedly adopted in the literary language from the dictionaries, is uncertain. It is included in Aṙjeṙn baṙaṙan[1] as an Old Armenian word, but its place of attestation is unknown. NHB treats it as a dialectal word.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

խպիպ (xpip)

  1. goitre
    Synonym: զոբ (zob)
  2. double chin
    Synonyms: կրկնակզակ (krknakzak), ներքնակզակ (nerkʿnakzak), կուլատակ (kulatak) (dialectal), կուկուլ (kukul) (dialectal), բոխախ (boxax) (dialectal), բուխախ (buxax) (dialectal), կեռտան (keṙtan) (dialectal), կերտան (kertan) (dialectal), կուլտան (kultan) (dialectal)

Declension

Derived terms

  • խպիպային (xpipayin)
  • խպիպավոր (xpipavor)

References

  1. Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), խպիպ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 394b
  2. Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), խպիպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui. Yaweluac ašxarhik baṙkʿ anvkaykʿ i grocʿ aṙ mez ełelocʿ [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Dialectal Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1063b

Further reading

  • խպիպ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), խպիպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 424a
  • Sukʿiasyan, A. M. (2009), խպիպ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi homanišneri bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (Haykakan matenašar Galust Kiwlpēnkean himnarkutʿean) (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 442b
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