հոտ քաշել

Armenian

Etymology

From հոտ (hot) and քաշել (kʻašel), literally, “to draw a smell”.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /hot kʰɑˈʃel/, [hot kʰɑʃél]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /hod kɑˈʃel/, [hod kʰɑʃél]

Verb

հոտ քաշել • (hot kʻašel)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) to smell, to nose

   Near-synonyms: հոտ առնել (hot aṙnel), հոտոտել (hototel) (intensively and repeatedly)

   ծաղկից հոտ քաշել ― caġkicʻ hot kʻašel ― to smell a flower