# խռպոտ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian խռպոտ (xṙpot).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /χərˈpot/, [χərpót]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /χəɾˈbod/, [χəɾbód]

### Adjective

խռպոտ • (xṙpot) (superlative ամենախռպոտ)
* (of a voice) hoarse, raucous

#### Derived terms

* խռպոտաձայն (xṙpotajayn)
* խռպոտանալ (xṙpotanal)
* խռպոտել (xṙpotel)
* խռպոտվել (xṙpotvel)
* խռպոտություն (xṙpotutʻyun)
* խռպոտում (xṙpotum)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: herpet

### Further reading

* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “խռպոտ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 304c

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* խռբոտ (xṙbot) — post-Classical

### Etymology

From onomatopoeic խռպ- (xṙp-) +‎ -ոտ (-ot). The root is also found in Old Armenian խռպող (xṙpoł) and dialectal խռպել (xṙpel), խռպոզ (xṙpoz), խռպոն (xṙpon).

### Adjective

խռպոտ • (xṙpot)
* (of a person) rough, coarse; large
** 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʻeann xndrocʻ ew lucmancʻ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] 3.42: […] որոյ ոչ խռպոտ եւ խիստ են բարքն, այլ յառաքինութիւն դիւրաւ գայ։[…] oroy očʻ xṙpot ew xist en barkʻn, ayl yaṙakʻinutʻiwn diwraw gay.Translation by Ralph Marcus […] and whose characters are not unpleasant and hard but easily give place to virtue and are submissive to right reason․
** 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Խ.300:խռբոտ· խոշոր (var. խոժոռ; խոժոռ, կամ խոշոր)xṙbot· xošor (var. xožoṙ; xožoṙ, kam xošor)xṙbot = large
* (of a voice) hoarse, raucous
** 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Yałags naxaxnamutʻean [De Providentia II] :Նոյնպէս եթէ ոք խռպոտ եւ պոռոտ եւ արտանուագ ձայն ունելով՝ երգել ձեռնարկիցէ […] Noynpēs etʻē okʻ xṙpot ew poṙot ew artanuag jayn unelov, ergel jeṙnarkicʻē […]Translation by M. AwgereancʻSimiliter si quis raucisonus, horrisonus, ac melodiae expers praesumat canere […]

#### Derived terms

* բարքախռպոտ (barkʻaxṙpot)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: խռպոտ (xṙpot)
** → Azerbaijani: herpet

### References

* ↑ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 211
* ↑ Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pages 232–233
* ↑ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 148, 381
* ↑ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1822) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy bankʻ erekʻ čʻew i loys əncayealkʻ. A. B. Yałags naxaxnamutʻean. G. Yałags kendaneacʻ [Philonis Judaei sermones tres hactenus inediti. I et II De Providentia, et III De Animalibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 77

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1899) “Hayerēni bnajayn ew krknawor baṙerə (630 baṙi kʻnnutʻiwn) [Armenian onomatopoeic and reduplicative words (study of 630 words)]”, in Handes Amsorya‎ (in Armenian), volume 13, number 7, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 205a of 202–207
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խռպոտ”, 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 427a
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խռպոտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 987a
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խռպ-”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 352b
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խռպոտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 298a
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խռպել, խռպոզ, խռպոն”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 368b