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/մտաբերելxełd arkanel/aṙnel anjin, i xełd gal/mtaberelto strangle, to choke oneself
    խեղդ ընդ անձին հեղձամղձուկ պաշարիլ բանիւնxełd ənd anjin hełjamłjuk pašaril baniwnto be embarrassed and confounded by, not to know what to say or do
  2. halter, rope, noose
    խեղդք շրթանցxełdkʻ šrtʻancʻflattery, wheedling, cajolery
    խեղդ ընդ անձն ուրուք արկանել, առ խեդղս ածել զոքxełd ənd anjn urukʻ arkanel, aṙ xedłs acel zokʻto 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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