խաչակիր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խաչակիր (xačʻakir).

Pronunciation

Noun

խաչակիր • (xačʻakir)

  1. (historical) crusader

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

խաչ (xačʻ) + -ա- (-a-) + կրեմ (krem)

Adjective

խաչակիր • (xačʻakir)

  1. cross-bearing
  2. (figuratively) austere, laborious; virtuous

Declension

Noun

խաչակիր • (xačʻakir)

  1. (post-Classical) cross-bearer
  2. (post-Classical) crusader
    խաչակիրքxačʻakirkʻthe Crusades; the crusaders
  3. (post-Classical, botany) cruciferous plant

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: խաչակիր (xačʻakir)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաչակիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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