խորթ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian խորթ (xortʿ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

խորթ • (xortʿ) (superlative ամենախորթ)

  1. unrelated, step-
    խորթ մայրxortʿ mayrstepmother
  2. alien, foreign
  3. (dialectal) orphan
  4. (dialectal) courageous

Declension

Noun

խորթ • (xortʿ)

  1. (dialectal) young man
  2. (dialectal) brave, valiant, heroic, heroic person
  3. (dialectal) orphan

Declension

Descendants

  • Turkish: hort
  • Zazaki: ğort

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The basic meaning is ‘rough, stony, uncultivated, abandoned (place)’, from which two meanings developed: ‘step-, alien’ and ‘hard, rough, violent’. See also կորդ (kord).

Noun

խորթ • (xortʿ)

  1. stepson, adulterine

Declension

Adjective

խորթ • (xortʿ)

  1. counterfeit
  2. hard, rough, stony

Declension

Derived terms

  • խառնախորթ (xaṙnaxortʿ)
  • խորթաբարոյ (xortʿabaroy)
  • խորթակից (xortʿakicʿ)
  • խորթանամ (xortʿanam)
  • խորթապար (xortʿapar)
  • խորթատեսակ (xortʿatesak)
  • խորթացուցանեմ (xortʿacʿucʿanem)
  • խորթութիւն (xortʿutʿiwn)
  • խորտաբորտ (xortabort)
  • օտարախորթ (ōtaraxortʿ)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), խորթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խորթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խորթ”, 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 332
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