խորդ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խորդ (xord).

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

խորդ • (xord)

1. (archaic) Synonym of կռունկ (kṙunk)

• խորդենի (xordeni)

• “խորդ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

The origin is uncertain. According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps of imitative origin, connected with the onomatopoeic verb խորդամ (xordam, “to snore; to snort”).

խորդ • (xord)

1. common crane (Grus grus)
2. flock of cranes

• կռունկ (kṙunk)

• խորդապար (xordapar)
• խորդեան (xordean)
• խորթապար (xortʻapar)

• → Armenian: խորդ (xord) (learned)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խորդ”, 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 407b
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “խորդ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 585b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խորդ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 344a