խստոր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խստոր (xstor); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

խստոր (xstor)

  1. Alternative form of սխտոր (sxtor)

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate source, probably of the form *skʰodoro-, whence also Ancient Greek σκόροδον (skórodon) and Albanian hudhër. The form սխտոր (sxtor) must have developed under the influence of սոխ (sox).

Noun

խստոր (xstor)

  1. garlic
    պճեղն խստորոյpčełn xstoroyclove of garlic
    փարսախաւ հեռի՛ բուրէ զհոտ խստորիpʿarsaxaw heṙí burē zhot xstorihe stank of garlic fifty yards off

Declension

Derived terms

  • խոստորուկ (xostoruk)
  • խստորակ (xstorak)
  • խստորապրաս (xstorapras)
  • խստորուկ (xstoruk)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խստոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խստոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խստոր”, 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 333
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