Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian խրատ (xrat).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խրատ (xrat)

  1. admonition, precept, exhortation
    խրատ տալxrat talto exhort, to admonish
  2. advice, counsel; preachment
  3. punishment, castigation
  4. lesson
    Թո՛ղ սա քեզ խրատ լինի:Tʻóġ sa kʻez xrat lini:Let this be a lesson to you!

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (hlt /⁠xrat, xrad⁠/, wisdom, understanding, intelligence), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krátuš.

Noun edit

խրատ (xrat)

  1. admonition, reprimand, reproof
    խրատ տալxrat talto lecture, to admonish
  2. advice, counsel; caution, remonstrance
    խրատք ուղղութեանxratkʻ ułłutʻeanmoral maxims
    խրատ չարxrat čʻarbad advice; evil counsel
    խրատ տալxrat talto give advice
    տալ խրատս բարեացtal xrats bareacʻto give good advice
  3. discipline, instruction; education; science
    զխրատու գալzxratu galto devote oneself to science
    ի խրատ ածելi xrat acelto educate; to discipline
    չունել զխրատčʻunel zxratto be indisciplined, wild, ill-mannered
  4. correction, punishment

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խրատ (xrat)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խրատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խրատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խրատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press