խիար

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian խիար (xiar), from Persian خیار (xiyâr). In some dialects, via Ottoman Turkish خیار (hıyar).

Pronunciation

Noun

խիար • (xiar) (dialectal)

  1. cucumber
    Synonym: վարունգ (varung)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 27:[1]
      խիար․ քուքումարօ
      xiar; kʻukʻumarō
      խիար (xiar) = cugumero
  2. (slang) contemptible person
  3. penis

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 227

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խըյար”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.