խորթ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian խորթ (xortʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

խորթ (xortʻ) (superlative ամենախորթ)

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

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

խորթ (xortʻ)

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

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: hort
  • Zazaki: ğort

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

խորթ (xortʻ)

  1. stepson, adulterine

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

խորթ (xortʻ)

  1. counterfeit
  2. hard, rough, stony

Declension[edit]

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References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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 and Boston: Brill, page 332