խորակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խորակ (xorak).

Pronunciation

Noun

խորակ • (xorak)

  1. fine wheat flour
  2. food

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The word is attested only once and is derived Middle Persian *hwlʾk' (xvarāk). Compare Persian خوراک (xvarâk, xorâk, food). These derive from Proto-Iranian *hwar- (to eat, consume), whence another borrowing խորտիկ (xortik); see it.

Noun

խորակ • (xorak)

  1. a kind of pastry

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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