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խրամ

խրամ

Armenian

Noun

խրամ (xram)

  1. (military, historical) moat
  2. (military) trench, entrenchment
  3. breach, rupture, rent opened on a wall

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Laz ღორმა (ɣorma, hole, aperture), which underwent the typical changes: Kartvelian -ɣ- is substituted by Old Armenian -x-. Compare Georgian ღრმა (ɣrma, deep).

Noun

խրամ (xram)

  1. (military) moat, trench, ditch; mine or sap
    խրամ հատանելxram hatanel ― to cut a trench
  2. (military) breach, rupture, rent on a wall, fortification
    խրամ հատանելxram hatanel ― to make a gap; to open a breach
  3. (figuratively) division, separation
    յորդիս իմ եղեւ խրամyordis im ełew xram ― there was a gap among my sons

Declension

Derived terms

  • անխրամ (anxram)
  • անխրամատելի (anxramateli)
  • խրամակարկատ (xramakarkat)
  • խրամահատ (xramahat)
  • խրամահատութիւն (xramahatutʿiwn)
  • խրամապահ (xramapah)
  • խրամատ (xramat)
  • խրամատեմ (xramatem)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խրամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խրամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խրամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Djahukian, Gevorg (2003), “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 7, issue 1/2, pages 191–194