խոնչա

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Azerbaijani xonça, from Persian خوانچه (xânče).

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Noun[edit]

խոնչա (xončʻa) (dialectal, Karabakh)

  1. low table or large tray, particularly such one as is fit for dining
  2. tray filled with different sweets and fruits, etc. brought to the bride or the groom on the day of betrothal

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Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խօնչա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 195
  • Pisowicz, Andrzej (2019) “A short phrase book of the Stepanakert variant of the Karabagh dialect”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 255
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “խօնչա”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 290b