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Etymology edit

From Azerbaijani çidar (hobble), with which compare Persian چدار (čedâr, čadâr, fetter). Ultimately of Mongolic origin: compare Mongolian чөдөр (čödör), Kalmyk чөдр (çödr, hobble).[1]

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Noun edit

չիդար (čʿidar)

  1. (dialectal, Ararat, Karabakh) hobble (used to fasten together the legs of a horse)
    Synonym: ոտնակապ (otnakap)

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References edit

  1. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 110

Further reading edit

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945) “չիտար”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “չիդար”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “չիտար”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “չըդար”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN
  • Sukʿiasyan, A. M. (2009) “ոտնակապ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi homanišneri bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (Haykakan matenašar Galust Kiwlpēnkean himnarkutʿean) (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press