# բոկեղ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Middle Armenian բոկեղ (bokeġ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /boˈkeʁ/, [bokéʁ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /poˈɡeʁ/, [pʰoɡéʁ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

բոկեղ • (bokeġ)
* simit (a kind of round bread)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | բոկեղ (bokeġ) | բոկեղներ (bokeġner) |
| dative | բոկեղի (bokeġi) | բոկեղների (bokeġneri) |
| ablative | բոկեղից (bokeġicʻ) | բոկեղներից (bokeġnericʻ) |
| instrumental | բոկեղով (bokeġov) | բոկեղներով (bokeġnerov) |
| locative | բոկեղում (bokeġum) | բոկեղներում (bokeġnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | բոկեղը/բոկեղն (bokeġə/bokeġn) | բոկեղները/բոկեղներն (bokeġnerə/bokeġnern) |
| dative | բոկեղին (bokeġin) | բոկեղներին (bokeġnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | բոկեղս (bokeġs) | բոկեղներս (bokeġners) |
| dative | բոկեղիս (bokeġis) | բոկեղներիս (bokeġneris) |
| ablative | բոկեղիցս (bokeġicʻs) | բոկեղներիցս (bokeġnericʻs) |
| instrumental | բոկեղովս (bokeġovs) | բոկեղներովս (bokeġnerovs) |
| locative | բոկեղումս (bokeġums) | բոկեղներումս (bokeġnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | բոկեղդ (bokeġd) | բոկեղներդ (bokeġnerd) |
| dative | բոկեղիդ (bokeġid) | բոկեղներիդ (bokeġnerid) |
| ablative | բոկեղիցդ (bokeġicʻd) | բոկեղներիցդ (bokeġnericʻd) |
| instrumental | բոկեղովդ (bokeġovd) | բոկեղներովդ (bokeġnerovd) |
| locative | բոկեղումդ (bokeġumd) | բոկեղներումդ (bokeġnerumd) |

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոկեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 463

## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-, whence also dialectal բոկ (bok, “burnt khoriz (a filling that consists of flour, butter and sugar)”). He also compares Udi бокӏи (boḳi, “burnt; burnt bread”), бокӏсун (boḳsun, “to burn”), but concludes that either the similarity is accidental or they are borrowed from Armenian.

### Noun

բոկեղ • (bokeġ)
* a kind of round soft bread
** 14th century, Grigor Tatʻewacʻi, Girkʻ harcʻmancʻ :Իսկ պան բաղարջն է նաշիհն զանգեալ իւղով․ և որպէս բոկեղն եփեալ ի թոնրիIsk pan baġarǰn ē našihn zangeal iwġov; ew orpēs bokeġn epʻeal i tʻonri
** 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Պ.258:պղակունդ· բոկեղpġakund· bokeġ

#### Descendants

* Armenian: բոկեղ (bokeġ)
* → Romani: bokoli

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
* 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոկեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 463
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “բոկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 200a
* ↑ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “բոկեղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 123a

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոկեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 503bc
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոկեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 104b