խորտակեմ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwltk' /⁠xwurdag⁠/, something small, particle), Persian خرده (xorde) and see the latter for more.

Verb[edit]

խորտակեմ (xortakem)

  1. to break into small pieces
    խորտակել զթշնամինxortakel ztʻšnaminto crush, to bear down, to defeat, to rout, to put the enemy to flight
    խորտակել զգունդսxortakel zgundsto disband the troops
    խորտակել զդուռնxortakel zduṙnto force open the door
    խորտակել զգլուխxortakel zgluxto break the head
    խորտակել զմարմին, զանձնxortakel zmarmin, zanjnto mortify one's flesh, to do penance
    անդրէն ի քեզ խորտակեսցին ալիք քոandrēn i kʻez xortakescʻin alikʻ kʻohere shall thy proud waves be stayed

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խորտակել (xortakel)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խորտակ”, 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 411–412
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորտակեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 161
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորտակեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորտակիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy