խորտիկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խորտիկ (xortik).

Pronunciation

Noun

խորտիկ • (xortik)

  1. appetizer; hors d'oeuvre; snack
  2. delicacy; dainty

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From early Middle Persian [script needed] (hwltyk' /⁠xvartīk, xvardīg⁠/, food). Compare Persian خوردی (xvardi, xordi, soup, food). These derive from Proto-Iranian *hwar- (to eat, consume). See Persian خوردن (xordan, to eat, drink) for more.

Noun

խորտիկ • (xortik)

  1. dish, viand, mess, food (usually good tasty food)

Declension

Derived terms

  • բազմախորտիկ (bazmaxortik)
  • բազմախորտկութիւն (bazmaxortkutʻiwn)
  • թեթեւախորտիկ (tʻetʻewaxortik)
  • լիախորտիկ (liaxortik)
  • խորտկակերութիւն (xortkakerutʻiwn)
  • խորտկարար (xortkarar)
  • խորտկարարութիւն (xortkararutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խորտիկ (xortik) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խորտիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խորտիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xvardīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խորտիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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