Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• խանծեմ ‎(xancem)

Verb

խանձեմ • ‎(xanjem)  (aorist indicative խանձեցի)

1. (transitive) to scorch, to singe

   խանձել զպատերազմ‎ ― xanjel zpaterazm ― to inflame to war, to kindle the flames of war

   խանձել զհուր ապստամբութեան‎ ― xanjel zhur apstambutʿean ― to stir up the fire of rebellion

2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to roast, to broil, to scorch, to burn, to glow
3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be fired with, to bend one's whole soul to, to become attached to, to apply one's self to, to get accustomed or inured to, to give one's self up to
4. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be eager, to long, to burn with envy or desire, to be enamoured of, to be smitten with, to burn with love, to be mad with love for

   խանձիլ յանառակութիւնս‎ ― xanjil yanaṙakutʿiwns ― to be sunk in dissoluteness

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: խանձել ‎(xanjel)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 326
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խանձեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “խանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խանձեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy