խեղաթիւր

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From խեղ (xeł) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ թիւր (tʻiwr).

Adjective

խեղաթիւր (xełatʻiwr)

  1. bent, crooked, twisted
  2. (figuratively) perverse, wicked, villainous, depraved

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խեղաթյուր (xeġatʻyur)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խեղաթիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խեղաթիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy