խաչերկաթ

Armenian

Etymology

խաչ (xačʿ) + երկաթ (erkatʿ)

Pronunciation

Noun

խաչերկաթ (xačʿerkatʿ)

  1. (dialectal) trivet, a cruciform iron tripod placed over a tandoor for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on

Declension

Descendants

  • North Mesopotamian Arabic: [script needed] (xačərget) (Siirt)
  • Turkish: hecirget

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), երկաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 59b
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