Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian խեղդ (xełd).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խեղդ (xeġd)

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

Declension edit

References edit

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

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from խեղդեմ (xełdem).

Noun edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խեղդ (xeġd)

References edit

  • 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