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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian խեղդ (xełd).
Pronunciation
Noun
խեղդ • (xeġd)
- (rare) narrowness; tightness; closeness
- (archaic) halter, rope, noose
Declension
References
- “խեղդ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
Old Armenian
Etymology
Deverbal from խեղդեմ (xełdem).
Noun
խեղդ • (xełd)
- 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
- 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
Declension
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խեղդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խեղդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խեղդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press