խշուր

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian խշուր (xšur), which is related to Old Armenian խոշոր (xošor).

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Noun[edit]

խշուր (xšur) (dialectal)

  1. small pieces of wood, twigs and splinters used as kindling
  2. breadcrumb
    Synonyms: փշուր (pʻšur), փշրանք (pʻšrankʻ)
  3. rinds and shells of eaten fruits and nuts

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Descendants[edit]

  • Ottoman Turkish: خشر (hışır)
    • Turkish: hışır

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “խշուր”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 479a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խոշոր”, 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, pages 395–396
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “խշուր”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 277a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խշուր”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 344b