խնդիր

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խնդիր (xndir).

Pronunciation

Noun

խնդիր (xndir)

  1. request
  2. problem; task
    Synonym: (colloquial) պրոբլեմ (problem)
    սա բարդ խնդիր էsa bard xndir ēthis is a tough problem
    լուծել խնդիրըlucel xndirəto solve the problem
  3. (grammar) object
    Antonym: ենթակա (entʻaka)
    ուղիղ խնդիրuġiġ xndirdirect object
    անուղղակի խնդիրanuġġaki xndirindirect object

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

խնդիր (xndir)

  1. search, searching, perquisition, quest
    խնդիր առնել, ի խնդիր երթալ, գալ, ելանել, շրջել, անկանել, արկանելxndir aṙnel, i xndir ertʻal, gal, elanel, šrǰel, ankanel, arkanelto seek, to look for, to search for or after, to make inquiries, to investigate, to examine, to inquire into
    ի խնդիր լինել ուրուքi xndir linel urukʻto trace, to be in search of, to follow the track of
    ոչ եթէ այնր ինչ ի խնդիր էočʻ etʻē aynr inčʻ i xndir ēit is not what we seek to know
  2. question; interrogation, inquiry; litigation, contest, dispute, debate, quarrel; discussion, examination
    խօսեսցունք զայսր խնդրոյxōsescʻunkʻ zaysr xndroylet us discourse on this chapter
    խնդիր ի մէջ առնուլxndir i mēǰ aṙnulto commence an argument
    խնդիրս յուզելxndirs yuzelto raise a doubt, to create a discussion
    խնդիր եղեւxndir ełewthere arose a question; a dispute was raised
    խնդիր ի միջի կայxndir i miǰi kaythe question is
  3. solution; explanation
  4. demand; something demanded
  5. request, requisition; something requested
    խնդիր է ինձ ի քէն, խնդիր մի ունիմ ի քէնxndir ē inj i kʻēn, xndir mi unim i kʻēnI have a favour to beg of you
    տացի անձն իմ խնդրոյ իմումtacʻi anjn im xndroy imumlet my life be given me at my petition

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խնդիր (xndir), խնդիրք (xndirkʻ)

References

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