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Old Armenian
Etymology
From խոչ (xočʻ) + ընդ (ənd) + ոտն (otn), literally “pointed stone or prickle under feet”. For a similar formation compare Latin impedimentum, Ancient Greek ἐμποδών (empodṓn). See also առապար (aṙapar).
Noun
խոչընդոտն • (xočʻəndotn)
- stumbling block, hindrance, impediment, obstacle
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խոչընդոտն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խոչընդոտն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙapar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 103