խրամատ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խրամատ (xramat).

Pronunciation

Noun

խրամատ • (xramat)

  1. (military) trench, entrenchment
    խրամատ փորելxramat pʻorelto dig out a trench

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խրամ (xram, moat, ditch, trench) + -ատ (-at, cut, cutting).

Noun

խրամատ • (xramat)

  1. breach, rupture, opening
  2. hollow way, ditch, trench

Declension

Derived terms

  • անխրամատելի (anxramateli)
  • խրամատեմ (xramatem)
  • խրամատիչ (xramatičʻ)
  • խրամատութիւն (xramatutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խրամատ (xramat)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խրամատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խրամատ”, 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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