խումար

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian խումար (xumar), from Arabic خُمَار (ḵumār). The hypercorrect form խումհար (xumhar) arose recently to explain the word as a formation of խում (xum, drinking) and -հար (-har, struck).

Pronunciation

Adjective

խումար • (xumar) (superlative ամենախումար)

  1. hungover

Declension

Synonyms

  • զարթխում (zartʻxum)

Noun

խումար • (xumar)

  1. hangover

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խումար”, 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 419ab
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