Where does “խարակիրի” come from?
խարակիրի (Armenian) comes from Russian хараки́ри, from Japanese 腹切り, from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...
խարակիրի (Armenian): hara-kiri
Ancestry of “խարակիրի”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | хараки́ри | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 腹切り | hara-kiri, self-disembowelment |
| 3 | Japanese | 切る | to cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop... |
| 4 | Japanese | 裏切り | treachery, betrayal |
| 5 | Japanese | 裏 | back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of... |