خرچین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian խրչան (xrčʻan, “skittish”).[1]

Adjective

خرچین • (hırçın)

  1. peevish, cross, petulant, bad-tempered, pettish, irritable, showing anger easily or customarily
    Synonym: تتیز (titiz)

Derived terms

  • خرچینلانمق (hırçınlanmak, “to become irritable or cross”)
  • خرچینلق (hırçınlık, “bad temper”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hırçın
  • → Armenian: խըռչըլ (xəṙčʻəl), խռչըլ (xṙčʻəl)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973), “խիրտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 271ab

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.