Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խորտիկ (xortik).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խորտիկ (xortik)

  1. appetizer; hors d'oeuvre; snack
  2. delicacy; dainty

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From early Middle Persian [script needed] (hwltyk' /⁠xvartīk, xvardīg⁠/, food). Compare Persian خوردی (xvardi, xordi, soup, food). These derive from Proto-Iranian *hwar- (to eat, consume). See Persian خوردن (xordan, to eat, drink) for more.

Noun edit

խորտիկ (xortik)

  1. dish, viand, mess, food (usually good tasty food)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խորտիկ (xortik) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորտիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորտիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xvardīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորտիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy