խորան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian խորան (xoran).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խորան (xoran)

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  1. the section of the church which contains the high altar
  2. two small rooms on the left and right sides of the high altar, containing an apse and an additional altar
  3. (archaic) church
  4. altar
  5. (architecture) a vaulted niche in a wall
  6. (archaic, literary) room
  7. (archaic) tent
  8. (manuscript illumination) illuminated table of Eusebian Canons in round-headed arcade-like frames

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The original meaning is “pavilion, tent”, borrowed from Iranian. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (hwln' /⁠xvaran⁠/, banquet-hall, tabernacle), 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫗 (xwrn /⁠xvaran⁠/, banquet).

Noun[edit]

խորան (xoran)

  1. pavilion, tent
    կանգնել, հարկանել, պարզել զխորանkangnel, harkanel, parzel zxoranto pitch a tent
    բառնալ, ամփոփել զխորանbaṙnal, ampʿopʿel zxoranto strike a tent
    Խորան ՎկայութեանXoran Vkayutʿeanthe Tabernacle
  2. (figuratively) vault of the heaven
  3. vaulted hall
  4. church, temple
  5. altar
    աւագ խորանawag xoranhigh altar
    գոգնոց խորանիgognocʿ xoranifrontal
  6. hall; room; residence, habitation, dwelling
    խորան արքունիxoran arkʿuniroyal palace, court
  7. (manuscript illumination) illuminated table of Eusebian Canons in round-headed arcade-like frames

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խորան (xoran)
  • Aghwan: 𐕀𐕒𐕙𐔰𐕎 (xoran)

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “խորան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “խորան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “խորան”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1995) “Hay-iranakan lezvakan zugadipumner [Armenian–Iranian Lingual Parallels]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 2, pages 183–186
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խորան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik