խուրդա

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Persian خرده (xurda) via Ottoman Turkish خرده (hurde, hurda) and Azerbaijani xırda. Doublet of խորտակ (xortak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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խուրդա (xurda) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. small thing(s)
    Synonym: մանրուք (manrukʻ)
    խուրդա անելxurda anelto split up into small pieces; (by extension) to carefully dissect or examine (someone's words)
  2. small change
    Synonyms: մանր դրամ (manr dram), մանրադրամ (manradram)

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խուրտա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages