խորակ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խորակ (xorak).

Pronunciation

Noun

խորակ (xorak)

  1. fine wheat flour
  2. food

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The word is attested only once and is derived Middle Persian *hwlʾk' (xvarāk). Compare Persian خوراک (xvarāk, xorāk, food). These derive from Proto-Iranian *hwar- (to eat, consume), whence another borrowing խորտիկ (xortik); see it.

Noun

խորակ (xorak)

  1. a kind of pastry

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press