Armenian

Noun

խնամի • ‎(xnami)

1. in-law (relative by marriage)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խնամ ‎(xnam, “care”). For the sense development Ačaṙyan compares Ancient Greek κηδεμών ‎(kēdemṓn, “one who cares for others, protector, guardian; in-law”).

Noun

խնամի • ‎(xnami)

1. in-law (relative by marriage)

   խնամի առնել‎ ― xnami aṙnel ― to ally, to unite, to match

   խնամի լինել‎ ― xnami linel ― to become related, allied, to be united by marriage

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: խնամի ‎(xnami)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [script needed] ‎(xənami, “in-law”)
  • Azeri: xınamı
  • Northern Kurdish: хнами ‎(xnamî)
  • Romani: xənami ‎(“in-law”)
  • Turkish: hınamı

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խնամի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խնամի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “խնամի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 378