խնամի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խնամի (xnami).

Pronunciation

Noun

խնամի • (xnami)

  1. in-law (relative by marriage)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խնամ (xnam, care). For the sense development Ačaṙyan compares Ancient Greek κηδεμών (kēdemṓn, one who cares for others, protector, guardian; in-law).

Noun

խնամի • (xnami)

  1. in-law (relative by marriage)
    խնամի առնելxnami aṙnelto ally, to unite, to match
    խնամի լինելxnami linelto become related, allied, to be united by marriage

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: խնամի (xnami)
    • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [script needed] (xənami, in-law)
    • Azerbaijani: xınamı
    • Northern Kurdish: xinamî
    • Turkish: hınamı
  • Romani: xanamik (co-parent-in-law)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խնամի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խնամի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խնամի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 378
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