շապպոթ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian շապպութ (šapputʿ), from Arabic شَبُّوط (šabbūṭ). For the -ր- (-r-) compare Azerbaijani şirbit, şirbet (“barbel”) from the same source.
Noun
շապպոթ • (šappotʿ)
- (dialectal, Palu, Diyarbakır) a kind of whitish tasty flying fish in Aratsani that is difficult to catch
Alternative forms
- շրպոթ (šrpotʿ), շրպութ (šrputʿ)
- շապպօթ (šappōtʿ) – traditional orthography spelling
Further reading
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “շապպոթ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 204ab