խանձեմ

• խանծեմ (xancem)

The root is խանձ- (xanj-), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʰn̥d-s-ós and related to խանդ (xand).

խանձեմ • (xanjem)

1. (transitive) to scorch, singe, sear

   խանձել զպատերազմ ― xanjel zpaterazm ― to inflame to war, to kindle the flames of war

   խանձել զհուր ապստամբութեան ― xanjel zhur apstambutʻean ― to stir up the fire of rebellion

   • 16th century, Grigoris Ałtʻamarcʻi, Tałer ^[1][2]:

     Հագարացիք օրինօք թիւր
     Զազգըս խանձեն (var. խանծեն) որպէս ըզհուր։

     Hagaracʻikʻ ōrinōkʻ tʻiwr
     Zazgəs xanjen (var. xancen) orpēs əzhur.

     • Translation by S. Peter Cowe

       The Hagarites with perverted laws
       Sear my nation like fire.

2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to roast, to broil, to scorch, to burn, to glow
3. (mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be fired with, to bend one's whole soul to, to become attached to, to apply oneself to, to get accustomed or inured to, to give oneself up to
4. (mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be eager, to long, to burn with envy or desire, to be enamoured of, to be smitten with, to burn with love, to be mad with love for

   խանձիլ յանառակութիւնս ― xanjil yanaṙakutʻiwns ― to be sunk in dissoluteness

• Armenian: խանձել (xanjel)

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 326
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խանձեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խանձեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy