khor

English

Noun

khor (plural khors)

1. A swampy depression in Middle Eastern countries.

Anagrams

• Kohr, Kroh, hork

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Romani

Etymology

From Armenian խոր (xor, “deep”).

Adjective

khor

1. deep

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