խնամ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խնամ (xnam)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian խնամ (xnam).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: խը‧նամ

Noun

խնամ (xnam)

  1. Alternative form of խնամք (xnamkʻ)
    խնամ անելxnam anelto take care of, to look after

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. According to J̌ahukyan, obviously connected with խնայ (xnay). The alternation m ~ y points to a source outside Armenian.

Noun

խնամ (xnam)

  1. care, attention, mindfulness, diligence, assiduity
    խնամովxnamovcarefully, mindfully, attentively
    խնամ ածել, ունել, տանելxnam acel, unel, tanelto take care of, to be mindful of, to look after; to nurse, to tend, to attend; to provide, to procure
    զամենայն փոյթ եւ զխնամ ունել զումեքէzamenayn pʻoytʻ ew zxnam unel zumekʻēto take every care of; to take great pains with
    տարածել ի վերայ ուրուք զխնամս իւր/զգութ խնամոցtaracel i veray urukʻ zxnams iwr/zgutʻ xnamocʻto surround with loving cares or kind offices, to be particularly attentive to, to wait assiduously upon
    հաստատեալ ի խնամս չարինhastateal i xnams čʻarinprone to evil
    յուզեցեան խնամք իմyuzecʻean xnamkʻ immy compassion is excited

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խնամ (xnam), խնամք (xnamkʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խնամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խնամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խնամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 378
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խնամ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 335