խարխարեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Urartian 𒄩𒅈𒄩𒀀𒊒 (ḫa-ar-ḫa-a-ru /⁠ḫarḫar-⁠/, to be destroyed or damaged).

Verb[edit]

խարխարեմ (xarxarem)  (aorist indicative խարխարեցի)

  1. (transitive) to shake, to shatter, to demolish, to ruin, to destroy
    խարխարել զվէրսxarxarel zvērsto tear open healing wounds; (figuratively) to irritate, to excite anew
    խարխարել զմիտսxarxarel zmitsto vacillate, to waver
  2. (transitive) to deteriorate, to hurt, to corrupt
  3. (transitive) to renew pain or grief
    խարխարել զդժնակութիւնxarxarel zdžnakutʻiwnto renew one's griefs
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to fall to ruin or decay, to perish

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խարխլել (xarxlel)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խարխարեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խարխարեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խարխարեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603