khor
English
Noun
khor (plural khors)
- A swampy depression in Middle Eastern countries.
Anagrams
Romani
Etymology
From Armenian խոր (xor, “deep”).
Adjective
khor
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “khor”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 320