Etymology

From Old ArmenianCategory:Armenian terms derived from Old Armenian#ԽԵԼՔ խելք (xelkʻ)Category:Armenian undefined derivations#ԽԵԼՔ; see below.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /χelkʰ/ [χelkʰ]Category:Armenian terms with IPA pronunciation#ԽԵԼՔ
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /χelk/ [χelkʰ]Category:Armenian terms with IPA pronunciation#ԽԵԼՔ

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Noun

խելք • (xelkʻ)Category:Armenian lemmas#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Armenian nouns#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Armenian entries with incorrect language header#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Pages with entries#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ԽԵԼՔ

1. brains; mind; wit, intellect; intelligence

Etymology

The origin is uncertainCategory:Old Armenian terms with unknown etymologies#ԽԵԼՔ.

Noun

խելք • (xelkʻ) plCategory:Old Armenian lemmas#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Old Armenian nouns#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Old Armenian pluralia tantum#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Old Armenian pluralia tantum#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Pages with entries#ԽԵԼՔCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ԽԵԼՔ

1. brains
2. mind, sense, wit, understanding, intelligence, wisdom

   խելս ունել ― xels unel ― to be wise, judicious, prudentCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   ի խելաց ելանել ― i xelacʻ elanel ― to lose one's reason, to become madCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   խելօք ― xelōkʻ ― skilfully, ingeniously, cleverly, dexterouslyCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   գնալ խելօք, յայլ խելս շրջել, յայլոյ խելս լինել ― gnal xelōkʻ, yayl xels šrǰel, yayloy xels linel ― to be out of one's mind, to turn madCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   ցնորիլ ի խելաց ― cʻnoril i xelacʻ ― to faint, to swoonCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   ի խելս գալ ― i xels gal ― to come to oneself, to recover oneself; to amendCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   խելս խառնել ― xels xaṙnel ― to tax one's ingenuity, to contrive, to set one's wits to work, to try, to attempt; to dupe, to outwit, to use artifice, craft, guileCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   ի խելս կերպարանեալս ― i xels kerparaneals ― feignedly, with simulation, in appearance; astutely, cunninglyCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   բանք բազում խելք սակաւ ― bankʻ bazum xelkʻ sakaw ― much tongue and little judgmentCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   ի խելաց եւ ի մտաց թափեալ ― i xelacʻ ew i mtacʻ tʻapʻeal ― hair-brained, cracked, foolish, insane, madCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   գինին կալաւ զխելս նորա ― ginin kalaw zxels nora ― he became intoxicated, tipsyCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

3. (figuratively) the bridgehead; stern of a ship; bench for rowers; the roof of a house

   խելք կամրջաց ― xelkʻ kamrǰacʻ ― bridge-headCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   խելք նաւի ― xelkʻ nawi ― poop, stern of a ship; bench for rowersCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   ի խելս նաւին ― i xels nawin ― on the poopCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

   խելք գետոց ― xelkʻ getocʻ ― source of a riverCategory:Old Armenian terms with usage examples#ԽԵԼՔ

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879), “խելք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խելք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979), “խել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press