Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian չորթան (čʻortʻan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

չորթան (čʻortʻan)

  1. chortan (a kind of curds in the form of dried balls made from tan)

Declension edit

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

չոր (čʻor, dry) +‎ թան (tʻan)

Noun edit

չորթան (čʻortʻan)

  1. chortan (a kind of curds in the form of dried balls made from tan)

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: չորթան (čʻortʻan)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թան”, 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 149b
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “չորթան”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press