Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian խորթ (xortʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

խորթ (xortʻ) (superlative ամենախորթ)

  1. unrelated, step-
    խորթ մայրxortʻ mayrstepmother
  2. alien, foreign
  3. (dialectal) orphan
  4. (dialectal) courageous

Declension edit

Noun edit

խորթ (xortʻ)

  1. (dialectal) young man
  2. (dialectal) brave, valiant, heroic, heroic person
  3. (dialectal) orphan

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: hort
  • Zazaki: ğort

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. The basic meaning is ‘rough, stony, uncultivated, abandoned (place)’, from which two meanings developed: ‘step-, alien’ and ‘hard, rough, violent’. See also կորդ (kord).

Noun edit

խորթ (xortʻ)

  1. stepson, adulterine

Declension edit

Adjective edit

խորթ (xortʻ)

  1. counterfeit
  2. hard, rough, stony

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 332