խաս

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian խաս (xas), ultimately from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ, special, particular, distinguished).

Pronunciation

Adjective

խաս • (xas) (superlative ամենախաս) (dialectal)

  1. excellent, choice, quality
    Antonyms: խամ (xam), ցածրորակ (cʿacrorak)
  2. silken
  3. pure, unmixed
  4. (historical) a village with special status in Iranian-ruled Armenia that paid taxes directly to the Shah

Declension

Noun

խաս • (xas) (dialectal)

  1. (a piece of) silk

Declension

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976), խաս”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 567-568
  • խաս”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 493a
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