Armenian

Noun

խորտիկ • ‎(xortik)

1. appetizer; hors d'oeuvre; snack
2. delicacy; dainty

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From early Middle Persian hwltyk' ‎(xvartīk, xvardīg, “food”). Compare Persian خوردی ‎(xvardī, xordī, “soup, food”). These derive from Proto-Iranian *hwar- ‎(“to eat, consume”), whence another borrowing խորակ ‎(xorak, “kind of pastry”). See Persian خوردن ‎(xordan, “to eat, drink”) for more.

Noun

խորտիկ • ‎(xortik)

1. dish, viand, mess, food (usually good tasty food)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: խորտիկ ‎(xortik)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խորտիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խորտիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “խորտիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “xvardīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95