Armenian edit

Etymology edit

խաչ (xačʻ) +‎ երկաթ (erkatʻ)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խաչերկաթ (xačʻerkatʻ)

  1. (dialectal) trivet, a cruciform iron tripod placed over a tandoor for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: xəçirgət, xəçirkət
  • North Mesopotamian Arabic: [script needed] (xačərget) (Siirt)
  • Turkish: hecirget

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “երկաթ”, 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 59b