Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian խենէշ (xenēš).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

խենեշ (xeneš) (superlative ամենախենեշ)

  1. (literary) effeminate, weak; dissolute, debauched, wanton
  2. (dialectal, of a woman) disorganized, untidy, sloppy
    Synonyms: թափթփված (tʻapʻtʻpʻvac), անշնորհք (anšnorhkʻ), շլխտի (šlxti)

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Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խենէշ”, 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 358b
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “խենէշ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “խենեշ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan