Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian խստոր (xstor); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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խստոր (xstor)

  1. Alternative form of սխտոր (sxtor)

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate source, probably of the form *skʰodoro-, whence also Ancient Greek σκόροδον (skórodon) and Albanian hudhër. The form սխտոր (sxtor) must have developed under the influence of սոխ (sox).

Noun

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խստոր (xstor)

  1. garlic
    պճեղն խստորոյpčełn xstoroyclove of garlic
    փարսախաւ հեռի՛ բուրէ զհոտ խստորիpʻarsaxaw heṙí burē zhot xstorihe stank of garlic fifty yards off

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խստոր (xstor), սխտոր (sxtor)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խստոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խստոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խստոր”, 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 333