փոխ

Etymology

From Old Armenian փոխ (pʿox); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [pʰoχ]

Noun

փոխ • (pʿox)

1. loan, borrowing

   փոխ առնել ― pʿox aṙnel ― to loan

Etymology

From Akkadian [script needed] (pūḫu, “exchange; loan”), perhaps via Hurrian [script needed] (pôḫi (?), “barter, exchange”).

Noun

փոխ • (pʿox)

1. loan, borrowing

   խնդրել փոխ ― xndrel pʿox ― to ask in loan

   փոխ տալ ― pʿox tal ― to lend, to make a loan

   փոխ առնուլ ― pʿox aṙnul ― to receive as a loan, to borrow

   ընդ փոխս մտանել ― ənd pʿoxs mtanel ― to be overburdened by loans, to be obliged to beg

   փոխով կեալ ― pʿoxov keal ― to live upon trust, or upon credit

2. (music) anthem, response, antistrophe, antiphon

   փոխ առ փոխ, փոխն ի փոխ ― pʿox aṙ pʿox, pʿoxn i pʿox ― by turns, reciprocally, alternatively, mutually

3. (as a prefix) meta-

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “փոխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “փոխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փոխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603