ხოპი

Georgian

Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian ხოპი (xoṗi), Laz ხოპე (xop̌e), Old Armenian խոփ (xopʻ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χopʼi]
• Hyphenation: ხო‧პი

Noun

ხოპი • (xoṗi)

1. oar

   Alternative form: ხოფი (xopi)

2. crab carapace
3. (Racha) wooden scraper (to clean plough, chop salad)

Derived terms

• მეხოპე (mexoṗe)
• მეხოფე (mexope)
• ხოფიანი (xopiani)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խոփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 423–424
• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1964), “ხოპი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), volume VIII, Tbilisi: Academy Press, column 1488
• Čubinov, David (1840) “ხოპი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 681a, derives from Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē)
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ხოპი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[1], volume II, London: Garnett Press, page 1703a
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ხოფი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[2], volume II, London: Garnett Press, page 1704b
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎^[3], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 58

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ხოფი (xopi), ხობი (xobi)

Etymology

Akin to Georgian ხოპი (xoṗi), Laz ხოპე (xop̌e), Old Armenian խոփ (xopʻ).

Noun

ხოპი • (xoṗi)

1. oar
2. shovel
3. sluice gate in a sluice channeling water toward a water mill

Derived terms

• ხოპამი (xoṗami)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խոփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 423–424
• Kadshaia, Otar, Fähnrich, Heinz (2001) “ხოპი”, in Mingrelisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Kaukasienstudien; 3), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 652a
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ხოპი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary]‎^[4], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ხოპი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[5] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 406b
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎^[6], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 58