FromOld Armenianխելք(xelkʻ); see below.

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խելք• (xelkʻ)

1. brains;mind;wit,intellect;intelligence

The origin is uncertain.

խելք• (xelkʻ) pl

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

   խելս ունել ―xels unel ―to be wise, judicious, prudent

   ի խելաց ելանել ―i xelacʻ elanel ―to lose one's reason, to become mad

   խելօք ―xelōkʻ ―skilfully, ingeniously, cleverly, dexterously

   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 mad

   ցնորիլ ի խելաց ―cʻnoril i xelacʻ ―to faint, to swoon

   ի խելս գալ ―i xels gal ―to come to oneself, to recover oneself; to amend

   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, guile

   ի խելս կերպարանեալս ―i xels kerparaneals ―feignedly, with simulation, in appearance; astutely, cunningly

   բանք բազում խելք սակաւ ―bankʻ bazum xelkʻ sakaw ―much tongue and little judgment

   ի խելաց եւ ի մտաց թափեալ ―i xelacʻ ew i mtacʻ tʻapʻeal ―hair-brained, cracked, foolish, insane, mad

   գինին կալաւ զխելս նորա ―ginin kalaw zxels nora ―he became intoxicated, tipsy

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

   խելք կամրջաց ―xelkʻ kamrǰacʻ ―bridge-head

   խելք նաւի ―xelkʻ nawi ―poop, stern of a ship; bench for rowers

   ի խելս նաւին ―i xels nawin ―on the poop

   խելք գետոց ―xelkʻ getocʻ ―source of a river

• Armenian:խելք(xelkʻ),խելոք(xelokʻ),խել(xel)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խելք”, inNor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G.,Siwrmēlean, X.,Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խելք”, inNor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խել”, inHayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

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