խանձեմ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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խանձեմ (xanjem)

  1. (transitive) to scorch, singe, sear
    խանձել զպատերազմxanjel zpaterazmto inflame to war, to kindle the flames of war
    խանձել զհուր ապստամբութեանxanjel zhur apstambutʻeanto stir up the fire of rebellion
    • 16th century, Grigoris Ałtʻamarcʻi, Tałer [Poems] [1][2]:
      Հագարացիք օրինօք թիւր
      Զազգըս խանձեն (var. խանծեն) որպէս ըզհուր։
      Hagaracʻikʻ ōrinōkʻ tʻiwr
      Zazgəs xanjen (var. xancen) orpēs əzhur.
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        The Hagarites with perverted laws
        Sear my nation like fire.
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to roast, to broil, to scorch, to burn, to glow
  3. (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. (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 yanaṙakutʻiwnsto be sunk in dissoluteness

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խանձել (xanjel)

References

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  1. ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 63
  2. ^ Avdalbegyan, Mayis (1963) Grigoris Aġtʻamarcʻi : XVI d. : Usumnasirutʻyun, kʻnnakan bnagrer ew canotʻagrutʻyunner [Grigoris Aġtʻamarcʻi : 16th c. : Study, critical text, and annotations] (Miǰnadaryan hay taġerguner; 6)‎[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 142

Further reading

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  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 326
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խանձեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խանձեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy