Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խիզախ (xizax).

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Adjective edit

խիզախ (xizax) (superlative ամենախիզախ) (somewhat literary)

  1. bold, courageous, brave

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.[1][2] Petersson connected with the descendants of Proto-Iranian *xaiz- (to rise, ascend; increase), whence Ossetian хи́зын (xízyn) / хезун (xezun, to climb), Persian خیز (xiz, to rise), for the sense development comparing Lithuanian staigùs (snap; hot-tempered) from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (to climb).[3] For these Iranian words see Abaev and Cheung, the first with a comparison to խիզախ (xizax).[4][5]

Adjective edit

խիզախ (xizax)

  1. bold, courageous, brave

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խիզախ (xizax)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խիզախ”, 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 363
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խիզախ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 329b
  3. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 130
  4. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 208
  5. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 440–442

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խիզախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խիզախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy