Armenian

Noun

կուչ • ‎(kučʿ)

1. found only in idioms with the meaning “huddling, compacting, squeezing”

   կուչ բերել, կուչ ածել‎ ― kučʿ berel, kučʿ acel ― to squeeze; to suppress

   կուչ գալ‎ ― kučʿ gal ― to huddle up, to roll up into a ball; to be ashamed

References

• “կուչ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “կուչ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, page 92