խէչ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Ačaṙean considers an ablaut grade of խաչ (xačʻ), inherited from Proto-Indo-European.[1]

Noun

խէչ (xēčʻ)

  1. prop, stay, support (for plants)
    խեչ դնելxečʻ dnelto support, to prop, to prop up, to shore

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խէչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 362ab

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խէչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Marr, N. (1912) “Еще о слове „челеби“ (К вопросу о культурном значении курдской народности в истории Передней Азии [More on the word "chelebi" (On the question of the cultural significance of the Kurdish people in the history of Western Asia)]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества (in Russian), volume 20 (1910), page 116 of 99–151
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խէչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy