խեղդ

From Old Armenian խեղդ (xełd).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /χeχt/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /χeχd/,

խեղդ • (xeġd)

1. (rare) narrowness; tightness; closeness
2. (archaic) halter, rope, noose

• “խեղդ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

• խիղդ (xiłd)

Deverbal from խեղդեմ (xełdem).

խեղդ • (xełd)

1. strangulation, suffocation

   խեղդ արկանել/առնել անձին, ի խեղդ գալ/մտաբերել ― xełd arkanel/aṙnel anjin, i xełd gal/mtaberel ― to strangle, to choke oneself

   խեղդ ընդ անձին հեղձամղձուկ պաշարիլ բանիւն ― xełd ənd anjin hełjamłjuk pašaril baniwn ― to be embarrassed and confounded by, not to know what to say or do

2. halter, rope, noose

   խեղդք շրթանց ― xełdkʻ šrtʻancʻ ― flattery, wheedling, cajolery

   խեղդ ընդ անձն ուրուք արկանել, առ խեդղս ածել զոք ― xełd ənd anjn urukʻ arkanel, aṙ xedłs acel zokʻ ― to put a rope on the neck of, to bring to the halter, to strangle, to throttle, to choke

• Armenian: խեղդ (xeġd)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խեղդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խեղդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խեղդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press