խունդի

Armenian

Etymology

From Georgian ხუნდი (xundi).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /χunˈdi/, [χundí]

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