շափխա

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شاپقه (şapka), from Russian ша́пка (šápka).

Pronunciation

• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃɑpˈχɑ/, [ʃɑpʰχɑ́]

Noun

շափխա • (šapʻxa)

1. (Istanbul) hat

   Synonym: գլխարկ (glxark)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “շափխա”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 126–127