չքարա

Armenian

Etymology

From Georgian ჩქარა (čkara, “quickly; suddenly”). For the sense development compare հանկարծ (hankarc).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰəˈkʰɑɾɑ/, [t͡ʃʰəkʰɑ́ɾɑ]

Particle

չքարա • (čʻkʻara) (Karabakh)

1. if only, I just hope

   Synonyms: թաքի (tʻakʻi) (Karabakh), միայն թե (miayn tʻe) (Standard Eastern Armenian), հանկարծ (hankarc)

   Չքարա հաց լինի տանը: ― Čʻkʻara hacʻ lini tanə: ― I just hope there is bread at home

Further reading

• Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “չըքարա”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 596a
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “չքարա”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 451a