խարիսխ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խարիսխ (xarisx).

Pronunciation

Noun

խարիսխ (xarisx)

  1. anchor
    Synonym: (dialectal) չանգալ (čʿangal)
  2. base, foundation, pedestal

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown. The form սարիսխ (sarisx) is a post-classical dialectal development of խարիսխ (xarisx), for which Ačaṙyan compares խուն (xun) ~ սուն (sun), բախտ (baxt) ~ բաստ (bast), դրախտ (draxt) ~ դրաստ (drast).

Noun

խարիսխ (xarisx)

  1. base, foundation, pedestal (of a column, pool, door, etc.)
  2. anchor
    խարիսխ արկանել, ընկենուլ զխարիսխxarisx arkanel, ənkenul zxarisxto anchor, to cast anchor
    խարիսխ վերացուցանել, լուծանել զխարիսխնxarisx veracʿucʿanel, lucanel zxarisxnto weigh anchor
    խարիսխ արկեալ կալxarisx arkeal kalto be, to ride or to lie at anchor
    խարիսխ յուսոյxarisx yusoyanchor of hope
    խարիսխ փրկութեանxarisx pʿrkutʿeansheet anchor; (figuratively) last resource, last shift
  3. (figuratively) leg

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խարիսխ (xarisx) (learned)
  • Georgian: ხარისხი (xarisxi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խարիսխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խարիսխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), խարիսխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), խարիսխ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խարիսխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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