խթան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian խթան (xtʻan); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խթան (xtʻan)

  1. spur
  2. (figuratively) inducement, stimulus

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From խթեմ (xtʻem) +‎ -ան (-an).

Noun[edit]

խթան (xtʻan)

  1. spur, goad
    խթան իշոյxtʻan išoyass-goad
    ընդդէմ խթանի աքացելյənddēm xtʻani akʻacʻelyto kick against the pricks
  2. (figuratively) spur, incentive

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

խթան (xtʻan)

  1. butting (of animals)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խթան (xtʻan)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խթան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խթան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խիթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press