Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian խռպոտ (xṙpot).

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Adjective edit

խռպոտ (xṙpot) (superlative ամենախռպոտ)

  1. (of a voice) hoarse, raucous

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Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: herpet

Further reading edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From onomatopoeic խռպ- (xṙp-) +‎ -ոտ (-ot). The root is also found in Old Armenian խռպող (xṙpoł) and dialectal խռպել (xṙpel), խռպոզ (xṙpoz), խռպոն (xṙpon).

Adjective edit

խռպոտ (xṙpot)

  1. (of a person) rough, coarse; large
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʿeann xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] 3.42:[1][2]
      [] որոյ ոչ խռպոտ եւ խիստ են բարքն, այլ յառաքինութիւն դիւրաւ գայ։
      [] oroy očʻ xṙpot ew xist en barkʻn, ayl yaṙakʻinutʻiwn diwraw gay.
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        [] and whose characters are not unpleasant and hard but easily give place to virtue and are submissive to right reason․
    • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʿi or Sargis Evdokiacʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] Խ.300:[3]
      խռբոտ· խոշոր (var. խոժոռ; խոժոռ, կամ խոշոր)
      xṙbot· xošor (var. xožoṙ; xožoṙ, kam xošor)
      xṙbot = large
  2. (of a voice) hoarse, raucous
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Yałags naxaxnamutʿean [De Providentia II] :[4]
      Նոյնպէս եթէ ոք խռպոտ եւ պոռոտ եւ արտանուագ ձայն ունելով՝ երգել ձեռնարկիցէ []
      Noynpēs etʻē okʻ xṙpot ew poṙot ew artanuag jayn unelov, ergel jeṙnarkicʻē []
      • Translation by M. Awgereancʻ
        Similiter si quis raucisonus, horrisonus, ac melodiae expers praesumat canere []

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References edit

  1. ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 211
  2. ^ Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pages 232–233
  3. ^ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 148, 381
  4. ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1822) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy bankʻ erekʻ čʻew i loys əncayealkʻ. A. B. Yałags naxaxnamutʻean. G. Yałags kendaneacʻ [Philonis Judaei sermones tres hactenus inediti. I et II De Providentia, et III De Animalibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 77

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1899) “Hayerēni bnajayn ew krknawor baṙerə (630 baṙi kʻnnutʻiwn) [Armenian onomatopoeic and reduplicative words (study of 630 words)]”, in Handes Amsorya[2] (in Armenian), volume 13, number 7, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 205a of 202–207
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խռպոտ”, 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 427a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խռպոտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 987a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խռպ-”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 352b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խռպոտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 298a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խռպել, խռպոզ, խռպոն”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 368b