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

  • Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “خرچین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 693
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hırçin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1949
  • 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]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 178a
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خرچین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 535
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hırçın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرچین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 838
  • Tietze, Andreas (2009) “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
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