Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Probably borrowed from an unknown Aramaic or Classical Syriac cognate of Arabic خَبّ (ḵabb, deception, fraud; deceiver), or directly from it, if Arabic borrowings in the 5th century are possible.

Noun edit

խաբ (xab)

  1. deceit, fraud
    խաբ գործել, տալxab gorcel, talto cheat, to defraud, to dupe, to swindle
    ի խաբս անականելi xabs anakanelto be deceived, to fall into error
    ի խաբս ինչ լինելi xabs inčʻ linelto be in fault
    ընդ խաբս գտանելənd xabs gtanelto detect in fraud
    ընդ խաբս, ընդ խաբənd xabs, ənd xabfraudulently, deceitfully, knavishly, roguishly; cunningly, astutely
    խաբ շրթանցxab šrtʻancʻthe spell of eloquence
    գուցէ ընդ խաբս ինչ իցէgucʻē ənd xabs inčʻ icʻēperhaps it was done by mistake
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 43.12:
      Եւ արծաթ կրկին առէք ի ձեռս ձեր, եւ զարծաթն որ դարձաւ յամանս ձեր՝ տարայք ընդ ձեզ, գուցէ ընդ խաբս ինչ իցէ։
      Ew arcatʻ krkin aṙēkʻ i jeṙs jer, ew zarcatʻn or darjaw yamans jer, taraykʻ ənd jez, gucʻē ənd xabs inčʻ icʻē.

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խաբ (xab), խաբս (xabs)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաբ”, 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, pages 309–310
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 267
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 486
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խաբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 307a
  • Lewy, E. (1924) “Etymologien II”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen[2] (in German), volume 52, number 3/4, page 310
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Schröder, Johann Joachim (1711) Thesaurus linguae Armenicae antiquae et hodiernae, Amsterdam, page 46