խինկալի

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From Georgian ხინკალი (xinḳali). Folk-etymologically explained as խին (xin, fat) +‎ -կալ (-kal, to hold) or as խինալի (xinali), խնալի (xnali, full of fat).

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խինկալի (xinkali) (Aresh, Eastern Armenian)

  1. khinkali

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Further reading[edit]

  • Adamyan, Vahagn, Babayan, Žasmen (2015) “խինկալի”, in Haykakan xohanocʻi baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Cuisine] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: self-published, page 150
  • Lusencʻ, A. Ġ. (1982) Areši barbaṙə [The dialect of Aresh] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 149, 169
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խինկալի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 326b