Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish خروس (ḫoroz), from Persian خروس (xorus, xorôs).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խորոզ (xoroz) (dialectal)

  1. rooster, cock
    Synonym: աքլոր (akʻlor)
  2. cock, hammer (of a firearm)
    Synonym: շնիկ (šnik)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խօրօզ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “խորոզ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press