# խենթ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Middle Armenian խենթ (xentʻ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /χentʰ/, [χentʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /χent/, [χentʰ]

### Adjective

խենթ • (xentʻ) (superlative ամենախենթ)
* crazy, mad, foolish
    Synonyms: ծուռ (cuṙ), շիլ (šil)
    խենթ մարդ ― xentʻ mard ― crazy man

#### Derived terms

* խենթանալ (xentʻanal)
* խենթանոց (xentʻanocʻ)
* խենթմնթիլ (xentʻmntʻil)
* խենթուլիկ (xentʻulik)
* խենթուկ (xentʻuk)
* խենթումենթ (xentʻumentʻ)

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: hent, hint

### References

* ↑ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 235, page 61

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* խենդ (xend)

### Etymology

From Old Armenian *խենթ (*xentʻ) (attested in the derivative խենթական (xentʻakan)), of unknown origin.

### Adjective

խենթ • (xentʻ)
* crazy, mad, foolish
** 12th century, Pseudo-Epiphanius, Yałags Neṙinn [Sermo de Antichristo] page 130:Զոր իբրեւ լսիցէ պեղծն այն եւ գարշելի խենթն, կատաղեալ բարկասցի […] Zor ibrew lsicʻē peġcn ayn ew garšeli xentʻn, kataġeal barkascʻi […]Translation by Giuseppe FrassonQuod ut audiverit immundus ille et abominandus stultus, in-furorem-versus ira-incendetur […]
** 12th century, Pseudo-Epiphanius, Yałags Neṙinn [Sermo de Antichristo] page 130:Կախարդ եւ գարշելի, եւ մականուն խենդ ասելով նմայ։Kaxard ew garšeli, ew makanun xend aselov nmay.Translation by Giuseppe Frasson […] et cognomine stultum cum-appellent.

#### Derived terms

* խենթենալ (xentʻenal)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: խենթ (xentʻ)
** → Turkish: hent, hint

### References

* ↑ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 235, page 61

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խենթ”, 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 358b
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խենթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 940c
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “խենդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui. Mnacʻordkʻ noragiwt baṙicʻ ew vkayutʻeancʻ yawurs [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Newly-Discovered Words and Attestations] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1055a
* Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “խենդ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 17a, identifying with խինդ (xind) and explaining as "always laughing"
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խենթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 327ab
* Ġapʻancʻyan, Gr. (1927) “Hneabanakan” mi kʻani mnacʻordner hayerenum, Stugabanutʻyunner – “aṙiwc”, “morm”, “xlēz” [Some "paleontological" remains in Armenian; Etymologies – “aṙiwc”, “morm”, “xlēz”] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Haypoligrafhrat № 2 Press, page 12, connecting with շեթ (šetʻ) and Georgian ხეტება (xeṭeba)
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խենթ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 289