չանչ

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably related to չեչ (čʻečʻ), չենչ (čʻenčʻ), չաչ (čʻačʻ) and possibly also to ճաճ (čač). According to Ačaṙean, a Georgian-Zan borrowing: compare Proto-Georgian-Zan *čečw- and Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a). According to him, Persian جنجه (janja, “grape stone”) may be related as well.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰɑnt͡ʃʰ/, [t͡ʃʰɑnt͡ʃʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑnt͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃʰɑnt͡ʃʰ]

Noun

չանչ • (čʻančʻ) (dialectal)

1. empty bunch of grapes, empty grape stem

   Synonyms: շրվանդ (šrvand), քնթեռն (kʻntʻeṙn), չեչ (čʻečʻ)

   Coordinate term: ողկույզ (oġkuyz)

2. grape pomace, residue of pressed grapes that can be distilled into pomace spirit

   Synonyms: չեչ (čʻečʻ), ճաճ (čač)

3. fruit scrap
4. milk solids that rise as a white foam or drop to the bottom when making clarified butter

   Synonym: թալինչք (tʻalinčʻkʻ)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “չանչ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 876a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “չանչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 623–624
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “չեչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 627b
• Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “չանչ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 539a
• Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “չանչ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 310a
• Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (2018) Grabari baṙapašari imastayin xmberi kʻnnutʻyun (III mas). Xaġoġagorcutʻyun-ginegorcutʻyun [Study of semantic groups of Old Armenian vocabulary (Part III): Viticulture and winemaking]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 21
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “չանչ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 611b
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “չանչ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 10b
• Nawasardeancʻ, Tigran (1903) “չանչ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Araratean barbaṙi [Dictionary of Ararat Dialect] (in Armenian), Tiflis: Movsēs Vardaneancʻ Press, page 93b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “չանչ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 380b