խարիսխ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խարիսխ (xarisx).

Pronunciation

Noun

խարիսխ • (xarisx)

  1. anchor
    Synonym: (dialectal) չանգալ (čʻangal)
  2. base, foundation, pedestal

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown. The form սարիսխ (sarisx) is a post-classical dialectal development of խարիսխ (xarisx), for which Ačaṙyan compares խուն (xun) ~ սուն (sun), բախտ (baxt) ~ բաստ (bast), դրախտ (draxt) ~ դրաստ (drast).

Noun

խարիսխ • (xarisx)

  1. base, foundation, pedestal (of a column, pool, door, etc.)
  2. anchor
    խարիսխ արկանել, ընկենուլ զխարիսխ ― xarisx arkanel, ənkenul zxarisx ― to anchor, to cast anchor
    խարիսխ վերացուցանել, լուծանել զխարիսխն ― xarisx veracʻucʻanel, lucanel zxarisxn ― to weigh anchor
    խարիսխ արկեալ կալ ― xarisx arkeal kal ― to be, to ride or to lie at anchor
    խարիսխ յուսոյ ― xarisx yusoy ― anchor of hope
    խարիսխ փրկութեան ― xarisx pʻrkutʻean ― sheet anchor; (figuratively) last resource, last shift
  3. (figuratively) leg

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: խարիսխ (xarisx) (learned)
  • → Georgian: ხარისხი (xarisxi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խարիսխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խարիսխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խարիսխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “խարիսխ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խարիսխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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