խշուր

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խուշուր (xušur), խշոր (xšor)

Etymology

From Middle Armenian խշուր (xšur), which is related to Old Armenian խոշոր (xošor).

Pronunciation

Noun

խշուր (xšur) (dialectal)

  1. small pieces of wood, twigs and splinters used as kindling
  2. breadcrumb
    Synonyms: փշուր (pʿšur), փշրանք (pʿšrankʿ)
  3. rinds and shells of eaten fruits and nuts

Declension

  • խշրել (xšrel)

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: خشر (hışır)
    • Turkish: hışır

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), խշուր”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 479a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), խոշոր”, 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, pages 395–396
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), խշուր”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 277a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), խշուր”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 344b
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