ժոխ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ժոխ (žox).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ʒoχ/, [ʒoχ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ʒoχ/, [ʒoχ]

Noun

ժոխ • (žox)

1. (Khotorjur) a kind of fruit of the genus Ribes, probably gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa or Ribes orientale; in Turkish called frenk üzümü

   Coordinate term: հաղարջ (haġarǰ)

2. (Hamshen) raspberry (fruit of Rubus idaeus)

   Synonym: ազնվամորի (aznvamori)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	ժոխ (žox)	ժոխեր (žoxer)
dative	ժոխի (žoxi)	ժոխերի (žoxeri)
ablative	ժոխից (žoxicʻ)	ժոխերից (žoxericʻ)
instrumental	ժոխով (žoxov)	ժոխերով (žoxerov)
locative	ժոխում (žoxum)	ժոխերում (žoxerum)
	definite forms
nominative	ժոխը/ժոխն (žoxə/žoxn)	ժոխերը/ժոխերն (žoxerə/žoxern)
dative	ժոխին (žoxin)	ժոխերին (žoxerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ժոխս (žoxs)	ժոխերս (žoxers)
dative	ժոխիս (žoxis)	ժոխերիս (žoxeris)
ablative	ժոխիցս (žoxicʻs)	ժոխերիցս (žoxericʻs)
instrumental	ժոխովս (žoxovs)	ժոխերովս (žoxerovs)
locative	ժոխումս (žoxums)	ժոխերումս (žoxerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ժոխդ (žoxd)	ժոխերդ (žoxerd)
dative	ժոխիդ (žoxid)	ժոխերիդ (žoxerid)
ablative	ժոխիցդ (žoxicʻd)	ժոխերիցդ (žoxericʻd)
instrumental	ժոխովդ (žoxovd)	ժոխերովդ (žoxerovd)
locative	ժոխումդ (žoxumd)	ժոխերումդ (žoxerumd)

Derived terms

• ժոխենի (žoxeni)
• ժոխուտ (žoxut)

Related terms

• ժոխուր (žoxur) / ժոխուռ (žoxuṙ)

Descendants

• →? Laz: ზოღი (zoği, “blackberry”)
• →? Turkish: c'ox (Hamshen), söh (Van)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ժոխ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 393a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժոխ”, 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 232b
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ժոխ, ժուղ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 842, pages 203–204
• Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, § 24, page 34
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ժոխ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[2], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 243
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ժոխ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 160b

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• ժուղ (žuġ) — recorded in Haybusak, but the place of attestation is unknown

Etymology

From Old Armenian *ժող- (*žoł-), reflected also in ժողվենի (žoġveni). Likely related to Middle Georgian ჟოლო (žolo, “raspberry”). The ultimate origin is uncertain.

Noun

ժոխ • (žox)

1. a kind of fruit, perhaps gooseberry or raspberry
   • 10th–13th centuries, Gagik-Hetʻumyan bžškaran [The Gagik–Hetoumian Medical Book] :

     թթու ժոխ եւ կաղամբ եփած ոսբօմ եւ կորեկ սմինտր եփած եւ ի ներքu քացախ

     tʻtʻu žox ew kaġamb epʻac osbōm ew korek smintr epʻac ew i nerkʻu kʻacʻax

Related terms

• ժողվենի (žoġveni)

Descendants

• Armenian: ժոխ (žox)
  • →? Laz: ზოღი (zoği, “blackberry”)
  • →? Turkish: c'ox (Hamshen), söh (Van)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժոխ”, 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 232b, unknown origin
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ժոխ, ժուղ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 842, pages 203–204
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ժոխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 282a, unknown origin