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պոչ

պոչ

Armenian

Noun

պոչ (počʿ)

  1. tail (of an animal)
  2. end, tail
  3. handle
  4. queue, line
  5. (botany) pedicle

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Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Since de Lagarde the Armenian word is often connected with Sanskrit पुच्छ (púččha, tail, the hinder part), which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *pū̆k-, *peuk- (thick-haired, bushy (bushy tail)). Pokorny correctly does not mention the Armenian similarity, because Proto-Indo-European initial *p- would not yield Armenian պ- (p-). Also Ačaṙean considers the similarity with the Sanskrit word accidental and leaves the origin open.

J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bowokyo- with a question mark, a supposed derivative of the root *b(e)u-, *bʰ(e)ū̆- (to swell, puff), with such cognates as Latin bucca (cheek) and Swedish puk (swelling, lump, growth, tubers). See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian.

For the sense development ‘tail’ → ‘****’ Ačaṙean compares Chagatai [script needed] (kotak, tail; ****).

Noun

պոչ (počʿ)

  1. tail
  2. (figuratively) ****

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