խեղդ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խեղդ (xełd).

Pronunciation

Noun

խեղդ (xełd)

  1. (rare) narrowness; tightness; closeness
  2. (archaic) halter, rope, noose

Declension

References

  • խեղդ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խիղդ (xiłd)

Etymology

From the root of խեղդեմ (xełdem).

Noun

խեղդ (xełd)

  1. strangulation, suffocation
    խեղդ արկանել/առնել անձին, ի խեղդ գալ/մտաբերելxełd arkanel/aṙnel anjin, i xełd gal/mtaberelto strangle, to choke oneself
    խեղդ ընդ անձին հեղձամղձուկ պաշարիլ բանիւնxełd ənd anjin hełjamłjuk pašaril baniwnto be embarrassed and confounded by, not to know what to say or do
  2. halter, rope, noose
    խեղդք շրթանցxełdkʿ šrtʿancʿflattery, wheedling, cajolery
    խեղդ ընդ անձն ուրուք արկանել, առ խեդղս ածել զոքxełd ənd anjn urukʿ arkanel, aṙ xedłs acel zokʿto put a rope on the neck of, to bring to the halter, to strangle, to throttle, to choke

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խեղդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խեղդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խեղդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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