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ճոն

ճոն

Armenian

Noun

ճոն (čon)

  1. (dialectal, Tbilisi, Ararat, Lori, Gazakh) a craftsman making hats and coats from leather and fur; hatter; tailor
    • 1886, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Šunn u katun [The Dog and the Cat]
      Ժամանակով Կատուն ճոն էր,
      Շունն էլ գըլխին գըդակ չուներ []
      Žamanakov Katun čon ēr,
      Šunn ēl gəlxin gədak čʿuner []
      Once there was a hatter-Cat
      And the Dog's head had no hat []
  2. (dialectal, Sivas) fur coat

Declension

Related terms

  • ճոնխանա (čonxana)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), ճոն”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 729b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), ճոն”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 410a
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912), ճոն”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 444a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), ճոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 212a
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), ճոն²”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 477