խանձառ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խանձեմ (xanjem). For the suffix -առ (-aṙ) compare Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, “charcoal”).

Noun

խանձառ • (xanjaṙ)

1. spark

Descendants

• Georgian: ხანძარი (xanʒari)

References

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