խորթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խորթ (xortʿ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

խորթ (xortʿ) (superlative ամենախորթ)

  1. unrelated, step-
    խորթ մայրxortʿ mayrstepmother
  2. alien, foreign
  3. (dialectal) orphan
  4. (dialectal) courageous

Declension

Noun

խորթ (xortʿ)

  1. (dialectal) young man
  2. (dialectal) brave, valiant, heroic, heroic person
  3. (dialectal) orphan

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The basic meaning is ‘rough, stony, uncultivated, abandoned (place)’, from which two meanings developed: ‘step-, alien’ and ‘hard, rough, violent’. See also կորդ (kord).

Noun

խորթ (xortʿ)

  1. stepson, adulterine

Declension

Adjective

խորթ (xortʿ)

  1. counterfeit
  2. hard, rough, stony

Declension

Derived terms

  • խառնախորթ (xaṙnaxortʿ)
  • խորթաբարոյ (xortʿabaroy)
  • խորթակից (xortʿakicʿ)
  • խորթանամ (xortʿanam)
  • խորթապար (xortʿapar)
  • խորթատեսակ (xortʿatesak)
  • խորթացուցանեմ (xortʿacʿucʿanem)
  • խորթութիւն (xortʿutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խորթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խորթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խորթ”, 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 332
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