խորտաբորտ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խորթ (xortʻ, “hard, rough, stony”).

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Adjective

խորտաբորտ • (xortabort)

1. ragged, rough, uneven

   խորտաբորտք ― xortabortkʻ ― hard, rough, stony places

Descendants

• Armenian: խորդուբորդ (xordubord)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորտաբորտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորտաբորտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy