խեղաթիւր

խեղաթիւր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From խեղ (xeł) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ թիւր (tʿiwr).

Adjective

խեղաթիւր • (xełatʿiwr)

1. bent, crooked, twisted
2. (figuratively) perverse, wicked, villainous, depraved

Descendants

• Armenian: խեղաթյուր (xełatʿyur)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խեղաթիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խեղաթիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy