Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian խնջել (xnǰel), from Old Armenian խնչեմ (xnčʻem).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

խնչել (xnčʻel)

  1. (colloquial) to blow one's nose
    Synonyms: քիթը մաքրել (kʻitʻə makʻrel), քիթը սրբել (kʻitʻə srbel)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 28:[1]
      խնչել․ մուքեարէ
      xnčʻel; mukʻearē
      խնչել (xnčʻel) = mocar

Inflection edit

References edit

  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 edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խնչել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press