չափալախ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • չափալաղ (čʿapʿalał), չափալե (čʿapʿale), չափալեղ (čʿapʿaleł), շափալաղ (šapʿalał), շափլախ (šapʿlax), շապպալաղ (šappalał), շաբալախ (šabalax), չըմփալախ (čʿəmpʿalax), շափլոխ (šapʿlox), շափալա (šapʿala)[1]
  • շափալախ (šapʿalax), չըմփալաղ (čʿəmpʿalał), չա̈փա̈լա̈ (čʿäpʿälä)[2]

Etymology

From Turkish şaplak and its dialectal forms and, in some dialects, from Azerbaijani şapalaq and its dialectal forms. Compare Middle Armenian չափլախ (čʿapʿlax), from the same source.

Pronunciation

Noun

չափալախ (čʿapʿalax)

  1. (dialectal) slap (in the face)
    չափալախ ուտելčʿapʿalax utelto receive a slap
    Synonym: ապտակ (aptak)

Declension

Derived terms

  • չափալախել (čʿapʿalaxel)

Further reading

References

  1. Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), չափալախ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 395a
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), շափալախ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The Influence of Turkish on Armenian and Words Borrowed from Turkish in the Popular Armenian Language of Constantinople in Comparison with the Dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow, Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 259
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