խորշ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խորշ (xorš)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խորշ (xorš)

  1. chink, cleft, opening
  2. pit, hole
  3. cave, cavern (in a mountain or ground)
  4. fold, plait, crease on a cloth
  5. wrinkle on a skin
  6. (geography) bay
  7. (architecture) niche
  8. (figuratively) slums of a city

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. Compare Old Armenian խոր (xor).

Noun[edit]

խորշ (xorš)

  1. pit; hole
  2. hollow, cavity; corner; nook, lurking-place, hidden corner; niche
    ի խորշ միi xorš miin a corner
    խորշ լերանցxorš lerancʻcave, cavern
    խորշ կենդանեացxorš kendaneacʻden, haunt, lair
    խորշ թռչնոցxorš tʻṙčʻnocʻeyrie, nest
    խորշ առնուլ առագաստիցxorš aṙnul aṙagasticʻto swell or fill the sails, to get the wind
  3. compartment, cell
    խորշ նաւուxorš nawuhold of a ship
    խորշս խորշս գործելxoršs xoršs gorcelto make small rooms or cells
  4. (geography) bay
    խորշ ծովուxorš covugulf, bay; creek, cove
  5. fold, plait, crease on a cloth; wrinkle on a skin
    խորշ հանդերձիցxorš handerjicʻfold, plait, crease
    խորշ զխորշիւ իջանելxorš zxoršiw iǰanelto fold, to plait, to crease; to become wrinkled, to knit the brow
    խորշ երեսաց, ճակատուxorš eresacʻ, čakatudimple; wrinkle, puckering
    խորշս քաղելxoršs kʻałelto fold variously
    խորշս արկանել յայտսxoršs arkanel yaytsto wrinkle, to pucker
    խորշս խորշս գործելxoršs xoršs gorcelto gather, to plait

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խորշ (xorš), խորշոմ (xoršom)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press