خرچین

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Middle Armenian խրչան (xrčʿan, skittish).[1]

Adjective

خرچین (hırçın)

  1. violent-tempered, obstinate, cross, peevish

Descendants

  • Turkish: hırçın
  • Armenian: խըռչըլ (xəṙčʿəl), խռչըլ (xṙčʿəl)

Further reading

  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § D16, page 164
  • Eren, Hasan (1999) , hırçın”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 178a
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) , خرچین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 535
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) , خرچین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 838
  • Tietze, Andreas (2007) , hırçın”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 307a

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) , խիրտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 271
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