Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian չորթան (čʿortʿan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

չորթան (čʿortʿan)

  1. chortan (a kind of curds in the form of dried balls made from tan)

Declension edit

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

չոր (čʿor, dry) +‎ թան (tʿan)

Noun edit

չորթան (čʿortʿan)

  1. chortan (a kind of curds in the form of dried balls made from tan)

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: չորթան (čʿortʿan)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) “թան”, 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 149b
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “չորթան”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press