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խարխարեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Urartian 𒄩𒅈𒄩𒀀𒊒 (ḫa-ar-ḫa-a-ru /⁠ḫarḫar-⁠/, to be destroyed or damaged).[1][2][3][4] First compared to the Urartian word by Sandalgian.[5]

Verb

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խարխարեմ (xarxarem)  (aorist indicative խարխարեցի)

  1. (transitive) to shake, to shatter, to demolish, to ruin, to destroy
    խարխարել զվէրսxarxarel zvērsto tear open healing wounds; (figuratively) to irritate, to excite anew
    խարխարել զմիտսxarxarel zmitsto vacillate, to waver
  2. (transitive) to deteriorate, to hurt, to corrupt
  3. (transitive) to renew pain or grief
    խարխարել զդժնակութիւնxarxarel zdžnakutʻiwnto renew one's griefs
  4. (mediopassive, intransitive) to fall to ruin or decay, to perish

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խարխլել (xarxlel) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1982) “The Anatolian Substrata in Armenian — An Interim Report”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics, number 3, page 72 of 65–72
  2. ^ Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 105, number 4, page 600b of 597–603
  3. ^ Simon, Zsolt (2022) “The Hurro-Urartian loan contacts of Armenian: A revision”, in Hungarian Assyriological Review[2], volume 3, number 1, page 72 of 63–89
  4. ^ Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[3], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 13
  5. ^ Sandalgian, Joseph (1900) Les inscriptions cunéiformes urartiques, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 370–371

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խարխարեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խարխալել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 345–346
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խարխարեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy