խունդի

Armenian

Etymology

From Georgian ხუნდი (xundi).

Pronunciation

Noun

խունդի • (xundi) (Ararat)

  1. a block of wood placed on both sides atop a window according to the width of the wall, on which the crossbeams are placed and the wall is built
    խունդին օշնակը կոխալ (Karabakh)
    xundin ōšnakə koxal
    to vex, to annoy
    (literally, “to stick the խունդի (xundi) up one's pussy”)

References

  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “խունդի”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 291b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խունդի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 380b
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