խաբեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խաբ (xab). The sense "to mock" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἐμπαίζω (empaízō, to mock; to deceive).

Verb

խաբեմ • (xabem)

  1. (transitive) to deceive, dupe, trick
    Synonyms: խաբ գործեմ (xab gorcem), ի պատրանս արկանեմ (i patrans arkanem), պատրեմ (patrem), մտամոլորեմ (mtamolorem), նենգեմ (nengem), դաւաճանեմ (dawačanem), կարթեմ (kartʻem)
  2. (transitive) to mock
    Synonyms: խաղ առնեմ (xał aṙnem), ձաղեմ (jałem), ծաղրեմ (całrem)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: խաբել (xabel)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: xapîn, xapandin
      Central Kurdish: خاوان (xawan), خاواندن (xawandin)
    • Zazaki: харıtene, xapnaene

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաբեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “խաբել”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաբեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաբիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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