խին

Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

խին • (xin)

  1. clumps of fat formed in a butter churn
  2. butterfat, milkfat
  3. fatty substances added to food during Lent (walnuts, hemp, pumpkin seeds etc.)

Declension

Derived terms

  • անխին (anxin)
  • խինալի (xinali)
  • խնալի (xnali)
  • խնախաշու (xnaxašu)
  • խնատու (xnatu)
  • խնոցի (xnocʻi)
  • խնոք (xnokʻ)
  • խնոքանալ (xnokʻanal)
  • խնուկ (xnuk)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “խին”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 469ab
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 367a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խնոցի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 350–351
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խին”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 331a
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “խէն”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 267b
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “խին”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 326a
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