խոտ

Inherited from Old Armenian խոտ (xot).

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

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խոտ • (xot)

1. grass
2. (slang) weed, marijuana

The origin is uncertain.

According to Ačaṙean, perhaps a Northeast Caucasian borrowing: compare Archi гьоти (hoti, “grass”), Andi кӏвордо (kʼvordo, “grass”), Rutul хьытӏ (xɨṭ, “barley”), Tsakhur хьытӏа (xɨṭa, “barley”), Udi ход (χod, “tree”), Avar гъветӏ (ğʷetʼ, “tree”).

խոտ • (xot)

1. grass, herbage, turf, verdure

   չոր խոտ ― čʻor xot ― hay, forage

2. pasture

• Armenian: խոտ (xot)

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