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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խորշ (xorš)
Pronunciation
Noun
խորշ • (xorš)
- chink, cleft, opening
- pit, hole
- cave, cavern (in a mountain or ground)
- fold, plait, crease on a cloth
- wrinkle on a skin
- (geography) bay
- (architecture) niche
- (figuratively) slums of a city
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Compare Old Armenian խոր (xor).
Noun
խորշ • (xorš)
- pit; hole
- hollow, cavity; corner; nook, lurking-place, hidden corner; niche
- ի խորշ մի ― i xorš mi ― in a corner
- խորշ լերանց ― xorš lerancʻ ― cave, cavern
- խորշ կենդանեաց ― xorš kendaneacʻ ― den, haunt, lair
- խորշ թռչնոց ― xorš tʻṙčʻnocʻ ― eyrie, nest
- խորշ առնուլ առագաստից ― xorš aṙnul aṙagasticʻ ― to swell or fill the sails, to get the wind
- compartment, cell
- խորշ նաւու ― xorš nawu ― hold of a ship
- խորշս խորշս գործել ― xoršs xoršs gorcel ― to make small rooms or cells
- (geography) bay
- խորշ ծովու ― xorš covu ― gulf, bay; creek, cove
- fold, plait, crease on a cloth; wrinkle on a skin
- խորշ հանդերձից ― xorš handerjicʻ ― fold, plait, crease
- խորշ զխորշիւ իջանել ― xorš zxoršiw iǰanel ― to fold, to plait, to crease; to become wrinkled, to knit the brow
- խորշ երեսաց, ճակատու ― xorš eresacʻ, čakatu ― dimple; wrinkle, puckering
- խորշս քաղել ― xoršs kʻałel ― to fold variously
- խորշս արկանել յայտս ― xoršs arkanel yayts ― to wrinkle, to pucker
- խորշս խորշս գործել ― xoršs xoršs gorcel ― to gather, to plait
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press