խերխի

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խեխի (xexi), խրխի (xrxi), խրխա (xrxa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ხერხი (xerxi).

Pronunciation

Noun

խերխի • (xerxi) (dialectal)

  1. a kind of larger saw for cutting logs into boards
    Hypernym: սղոց (sġocʻ)

Declension

Derived terms

  • խերխել (xerxel)
  • խերխուքս (xerxukʻs)
  • խերխուցք (xerxucʻkʻ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “խերխուքս”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “խերխի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “խերխի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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