Armenian edit

 

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Armenian խոզ (xoz).

Noun edit

խոզ (xoz)

  1. pig
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) fat person
  3. (figuratively, derogatory) dirty, filthy person
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian խօզ (xōz), from Old Armenian խօզ (xōz).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

խոզ (xoz)

  1. a type of algae
Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (HZWLYA) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwk' /⁠xūk, xūg⁠/), Persian خوک (xuk); Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs); Laz ღეჯი (ğeci), Mingrelian ღეჯი (ɣeǯi), Georgian ღორი (ɣori); Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru), Classical Syriac ܚܙܺܝܪܳܐ (ħzīrā); Old Armenian խոճկոր (xočkor).

Noun edit

խոզ (xoz)

  1. boar, sow; pig, hog, swine
    խոզ մատակxoz mataksow
    խոզ մալեալxoz malealhog
    խոզ ծովայինxoz covayinsea-hog
    հնդիկ խոզhndik xozguinea-pig
    ցնկնիլ խոզիcʻnknil xozito farrow, to pig
    ծնունդք խոզիcnundkʻ xozilitter of pigs
    կաթնկեր խոզkatʻnker xozsucking-pig
    գոմք խոզիցgomkʻ xozicʻpig-sty
    երամակ խոզիցeramak xozicʻherd of swine
    միս խոզիmis xozipork
    ապուխտ խոզիapuxt xoziham
    խորխ խոզիxorx xozirind (of bacon)
    մորթ խոզիmortʻ xozipigskin
    խանչէ, գոհգոհէ, կնչէ, գրդայ, կռնչէ խոզxančʻē, gohgohē, knčʻē, grday, kṙnčʻē xozthe hog grunts
    խոզի փուշxozi pʻušanagyris, bean-trefoil
    խոզի մազxozi mazmaiden's hair, adiantum
  2. (astronomy) name of a certain star
  3. (in the plural, pathology) scrofula

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խոզ (xoz)
    • Zazaki: xoz

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խոզ”, 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 382–383
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խոզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (1989) “Baṙakʻnnakan mi kʻani ditoġutʻyunner [Some lexicologic observations]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 3, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 147 of 145–151, argues for an Iranian origin for *խոճ (*xoč) and խոզ (xoz) (compare Persian خوک (xuk)), because a k ~ č ~ z alternation is common in Iranian
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 160
  • Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus[2], volume 7, number 1/2, page 193 of 191–194
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խոզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 337a
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 939
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խոզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy