# խրճիթ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խրճիթ (xrčitʻ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /χəɾˈt͡ʃitʰ/, [χəɾt͡ʃítʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /χəɾˈd͡ʒit/, [χəɾd͡ʒítʰ]

### Noun

խրճիթ • (xrčitʻ)
* hut, hovel, shack
* (dated) village auditorium
* (figuratively) small, unsightly house

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | խրճիթ (xrčitʻ) | խրճիթներ (xrčitʻner) |
| dative | խրճիթի (xrčitʻi) | խրճիթների (xrčitʻneri) |
| ablative | խրճիթից (xrčitʻicʻ) | խրճիթներից (xrčitʻnericʻ) |
| instrumental | խրճիթով (xrčitʻov) | խրճիթներով (xrčitʻnerov) |
| locative | խրճիթում (xrčitʻum) | խրճիթներում (xrčitʻnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | խրճիթը/խրճիթն (xrčitʻə/xrčitʻn) | խրճիթները/խրճիթներն (xrčitʻnerə/xrčitʻnern) |
| dative | խրճիթին (xrčitʻin) | խրճիթներին (xrčitʻnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | խրճիթս (xrčitʻs) | խրճիթներս (xrčitʻners) |
| dative | խրճիթիս (xrčitʻis) | խրճիթներիս (xrčitʻneris) |
| ablative | խրճիթիցս (xrčitʻicʻs) | խրճիթներիցս (xrčitʻnericʻs) |
| instrumental | խրճիթովս (xrčitʻovs) | խրճիթներովս (xrčitʻnerovs) |
| locative | խրճիթումս (xrčitʻums) | խրճիթներումս (xrčitʻnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | խրճիթդ (xrčitʻd) | խրճիթներդ (xrčitʻnerd) |
| dative | խրճիթիդ (xrčitʻid) | խրճիթներիդ (xrčitʻnerid) |
| ablative | խրճիթիցդ (xrčitʻicʻd) | խրճիթներիցդ (xrčitʻnericʻd) |
| instrumental | խրճիթովդ (xrčitʻovd) | խրճիթներովդ (xrčitʻnerovd) |
| locative | խրճիթումդ (xrčitʻumd) | խրճիթներումդ (xrčitʻnerumd) |

### References

* “խրճիթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* խրջիթ (xrǰitʻ), խռճիթ (xṙčitʻ)

### Etymology

The origin is unknown. J̌ahukyan remarks, that relation with Proto-Indo-European *kred- (“beams”) is unlikely, whence Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍄 (hrōt, “roof”), Old Norse hrót (“roof”).

### Noun

խրճիթ • (xrčitʻ)
* hut, cabin
    Synonyms: խուղ (xuł), հիւղ (hiwł)
** 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 3.20:Շինէ եւ յանապատ եւ յանմարդ տեղիս եղբայրանոցս եւ մենաստանս եւ յատկանձնակաց խրճիթս․Šinē ew yanapat ew yanmard tełis ełbayranocʻs ew menastans ew yatkanjnakacʻ xrčitʻs;Translation by Robert W. ThomsonHe also built in the desert and uninhabited regions monasteries and hermitages and huts for solitaries.

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: խրճիթ (xrčitʻ)
* → Zazaki: [Term?] (xrčik)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խրճիթ”, 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 432a
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խրճիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
* ↑ Movsēs Xorenacʻi (1913) M. Abeġean and S. Yarutʻiwnean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; II.1), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 280
* ↑ Thomson, Robert W. (2006) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources‎, revised edition, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 271

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խրճիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խրճիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy