շապպոթ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian շապպութ (šapputʻ), from Arabic شَبُّوط (šabbūṭ). For the -ր- (-r-) compare Azerbaijani şirbit, şirbet (barbel) from the same source.

Noun

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շապպոթ (šappotʻ)

  1. (dialectal, Palu, Diyarbakır) a kind of whitish tasty flying fish in Aratsani that is difficult to catch

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “շապպոթ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 204ab