խստոր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian խստոր (xstor); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խստոր (xstor)

  1. Alternative form of սխտոր (sxtor)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate source, probably of the form *skʰodoro-, whence also Ancient Greek σκόροδον (skórodon) and Albanian hudhër. The form սխտոր (sxtor) must have developed under the influence of սոխ (sox).

Noun[edit]

խստոր (xstor)

  1. garlic
    պճեղն խստորոյpčełn xstoroyclove of garlic
    փարսախաւ հեռի՛ բուրէ զհոտ խստորիpʿarsaxaw heṙí burē zhot xstorihe stank of garlic fifty yards off

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խստոր (xstor), սխտոր (sxtor)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “խստոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խստոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “խստոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 333