خرچین
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Middle Armenian խրչան (xrčʿan, “skittish”).[1]
Adjective
خرچین • (hırçın)
- violent-tempered, obstinate, cross, peevish
Descendants
- Turkish: hırçın
- → Armenian: խըռչըլ (xəṙčʿəl), խռչըլ (xṙčʿəl)
Further reading
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § D16, page 164
- Eren, Hasan (1999) , “hırçın”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 178a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “خرچین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 535
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “خرچین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 838
- Tietze, Andreas (2007) , “hırçın”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 307a
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) , “խիրտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 271