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խստոր

խստոր

Armenian

Noun

խստոր (xstor)

  1. Alternative form of սխտոր (sxtor)

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate source, probably of the form *skʰodoro-, whence also Ancient Greek σκόροδον (skórodon) and Albanian hudhër. The form սխտոր (sxtor) must have developed under the influence of սոխ (sox).

Noun

խստոր (xstor)

  1. garlic
    պճեղն խստորոյpčełn xstoroy ― clove of garlic
    փարսախաւ հեռի՛ բուրէ զհոտ խստորիpʿarsaxaw heṙí burē zhot xstori ― he stank of garlic fifty yards off

Declension

Derived terms

  • խոստորուկ (xostoruk)
  • խստորակ (xstorak)
  • խստորապրաս (xstorapras)
  • խստորուկ (xstoruk)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խստոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խստոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խստոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 333