Armenian

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Etymology

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A loan from a Kartvelian cognate of Svan ᲰᲔᲳᲡ (breakfast).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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խիւս (xiws)

  1. porridge, gruel

References

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  1. ^ Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 58