խանձեմ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The root is խանձ- (xanj-), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʰnd-s-ós and related to խանդ (xand).

Verb

խանձեմ (xanjem)  (aorist indicative խանձեցի)

  1. (transitive) to scorch, to singe
    խանձել զպատերազմxanjel zpaterazmto inflame to war, to kindle the flames of war
    խանձել զհուր ապստամբութեանxanjel zhur apstambutʿeanto stir up the fire of rebellion
  2. (in the mediopassive, intransitive) to roast, to broil, to scorch, to burn, to glow
  3. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be fired with, to bend one's whole soul to, to become attached to, to apply oneself to, to get accustomed or inured to, to give oneself up to
  4. (in the mediopassive, intransitive, figuratively) to be eager, to long, to burn with envy or desire, to be enamoured of, to be smitten with, to burn with love, to be mad with love for
    խանձիլ յանառակութիւնսxanjil yanaṙakutʿiwnsto be sunk in dissoluteness

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References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 326
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խանձեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խանձեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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