խէչ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Ačaṙean considers an ablaut grade of խաչ (xačʿ), inherited from Proto-Indo-European.[1]

Noun

խէչ • (xēčʿ)

  1. prop, stay, support (for plants)
    խեչ դնել ― xečʿ dnel ― to support, to prop, to prop up, to shore

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: խեչ (xečʿ)
    • →? Azerbaijani: haça
    • →? Turkish: haça
      • → Armenian: հա՛չա (háčʿa)
  • ⇒ Middle Armenian: խեչակ (xečʿak)
  • →⇒ Middle Georgian: ხეჩაკალი (xečaḳali)
  • →⇒ Laz: ხაჩკეტი (xaçǩeťi)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “խէչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 362ab

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խէչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Marr, N. (1912), “Ješče o slove „čelebi“ (K voprosu o kulʹturnom značenii kurdskoj narodnosti v istorii Perednej Azii)”, in Zapiski Vostočnovo otdelenija Russkovo arxeologičeskovo obščestva‎ (in Russian), volume 20 (1910), page 116 of 99–151
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խէչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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