խմոր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խմոր (xmor, “leaven, ferment, yeast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

խմոր • (xmor)

  1. dough

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the root խում- (xum-, “leavening, fermentation”) +‎ -որ (-or). The root is found in անխում (anxum, “unleavened”) and խմեալ (xmeal, “leavened”) and is borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܡܥ‎ (ḥmaʿ, “to ferment, to become light by the action of leaven or yeast”), of native Semitic origin, cognate to the Hebrew root ח־מ־ץ‎ (ḥ-m-ṣ) and Arabic ح م ض‎ (ḥ-m-ḍ).

Noun

խմոր • (xmor)

  1. leaven, ferment, yeast
  2. (figuratively) religious sect

Declension

Derived terms

  • անխմոր (anxmor)
  • խմորաթաղ (xmoratʿał)
  • խմորանոց (xmoranocʿ)
  • խմորեալ (xmoreal)
  • խմորեմ (xmorem)
  • խմորիմ (xmorim)
  • խմորոտ (xmorot)
  • խմորուն (xmorun)
  • խմրախոտ (xmraxot)
  • խմրխոտ (xmrxot)
  • անխում (anxum)
  • խմեալ (xmeal)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խմոր (xmor, “dough”)
  • → Romani: xumer (“dough”), humer, xomer, khomer

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խմոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խմոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “խմոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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