խմոր

From Old Armenian խմոր (xmor, “leaven, ferment, yeast”).

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

խմոր • (xmor)

1. dough

• թթխմոր (tʻtʻxmor)
• խմորուկ (xmoruk)

From the root խում- (xum-, “leavening, fermentation”) +‎ -որ (-or). The root is found in անխում (anxum, “unleavened”) and խմեալ (xmeal, “leavened”) and is borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܡܥ (ḥmaʿ, “to ferment, to become light by the action of leaven or yeast”), of native Semitic origin, cognate to the Hebrew root ח־מ־ץ (ḥ-m-ṣ) and Arabic ح م ض (ḥ m ḍ).

խմոր • (xmor)

1. leaven, ferment, yeast
2. (figuratively) religious sect

• Armenian: խմոր (xmor, “dough”)
• → Romani: xumer (“dough”), humer, xomer, khomer

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