խեղդ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խեղդ (xełd).

Pronunciation

Noun

խեղդ • (xeġd)

  1. (rare) narrowness; tightness; closeness
  2. (archaic) halter, rope, noose

Declension

References

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

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խիղդ (xiłd)

Etymology

Deverbal from խեղդեմ (xełdem).

Noun

խեղդ • (xełd)

  1. strangulation, suffocation
    խեղդ արկանել/առնել անձին, ի խեղդ գալ/մտաբերել ― xełd arkanel/aṙnel anjin, i xełd gal/mtaberel ― to strangle, to choke oneself
    խեղդ ընդ անձին հեղձամղձուկ պաշարիլ բանիւն ― xełd ənd anjin hełjamłjuk pašaril baniwn ― to be embarrassed and confounded by, not to know what to say or do
  2. halter, rope, noose
    խեղդք շրթանց ― xełdkʻ šrtʻancʻ ― flattery, wheedling, cajolery
    խեղդ ընդ անձն ուրուք արկանել, առ խեդղս ածել զոք ― xełd ənd anjn urukʻ arkanel, aṙ xedłs acel zokʻ ― to put a rope on the neck of, to bring to the halter, to strangle, to throttle, to choke

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: խեղդ (xeġd)

References

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