خاو

Arabic

Root
خ و ي (ḵ-w-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.win/

Adjective

خَاوٍ • (ḵāwin) (informal خَاوِي (ḵāwī), feminine خَاوِيَة (ḵāwiya), masculine plural خَاوُونَ (ḵāwūna) or خُوَاة (ḵuwāh), feminine plural خَاوِيَات (ḵāwiyāt))

1. active participle of خَوَى (ḵawā) and خَوِيَ (ḵawiya): empty, devoid, desolate, not saturated with anything
   • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل, أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 12:

     ومعدتي خاوية ليس فيها ما أتقيّأه

     In my empty stomach there was nothing to vomit.

Declension

Declension of adjective خَاوٍ (ḵāwin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاوِي ḵāwī	الْخَاوِي al-ḵāwī	خَاوِيَة ḵāwiya	الْخَاوِيَة al-ḵāwiya
Nominative	خَاوٍ ḵāwin	الْخَاوِي al-ḵāwī	خَاوِيَةٌ ḵāwiyatun	الْخَاوِيَةُ al-ḵāwiyatu
Accusative	خَاوِيًا ḵāwiyan	الْخَاوِيَ al-ḵāwiya	خَاوِيَةً ḵāwiyatan	الْخَاوِيَةَ al-ḵāwiyata
Genitive	خَاوٍ ḵāwin	الْخَاوِي al-ḵāwī	خَاوِيَةٍ ḵāwiyatin	الْخَاوِيَةِ al-ḵāwiyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاوِيَيْن ḵāwiyayn	الْخَاوِيَيْن al-ḵāwiyayn	خَاوِيَتَيْن ḵāwiyatayn	الْخَاوِيَتَيْن al-ḵāwiyatayn
Nominative	خَاوِيَانِ ḵāwiyāni	الْخَاوِيَانِ al-ḵāwiyāni	خَاوِيَتَانِ ḵāwiyatāni	الْخَاوِيَتَانِ al-ḵāwiyatāni
Accusative	خَاوِيَيْنِ ḵāwiyayni	الْخَاوِيَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyayni	خَاوِيَتَيْنِ ḵāwiyatayni	الْخَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyatayni
Genitive	خَاوِيَيْنِ ḵāwiyayni	الْخَاوِيَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyayni	خَاوِيَتَيْنِ ḵāwiyatayni	الْخَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاوِين‎; خُوَاة ḵāwīn‎; ḵuwāt	الْخَاوِين‎; الْخُوَاة al-ḵāwīn‎; al-ḵuwāt	خَاوِيَات ḵāwiyāt	الْخَاوِيَات al-ḵāwiyāt
Nominative	خَاوُونَ‎; خُوَاةٌ ḵāwūna‎; ḵuwātun	الْخَاوُونَ‎; الْخُوَاةُ al-ḵāwūna‎; al-ḵuwātu	خَاوِيَاتٌ ḵāwiyātun	الْخَاوِيَاتُ al-ḵāwiyātu
Accusative	خَاوِينَ‎; خُوَاةً ḵāwīna‎; ḵuwātan	الْخَاوِينَ‎; الْخُوَاةَ al-ḵāwīna‎; al-ḵuwāta	خَاوِيَاتٍ ḵāwiyātin	الْخَاوِيَاتِ al-ḵāwiyāti
Genitive	خَاوِينَ‎; خُوَاةٍ ḵāwīna‎; ḵuwātin	الْخَاوِينَ‎; الْخُوَاةِ al-ḵāwīna‎; al-ḵuwāti	خَاوِيَاتٍ ḵāwiyātin	الْخَاوِيَاتِ al-ḵāwiyāti

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: خاوي (ḵāwi)

Central Kurdish

Northern Kurdish	xav

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HaHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (“raw, uncooked”).

Adjective

خاو (xaw)

1. raw, uncooked

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• حاو (hav), هاو (hav)

Etymology

Perhaps the same word as قاو (kav, “tinder, punk”), imagining the tinder conk or another porous material as a soft fuzz hanging around. Cognate with Azerbaijani xov (“nap, pile”). Synonymous Middle Armenian խաւ (xaw), Georgian ხაო (xao), Ossetian хау (xaw) / хауӕ (xawæ) and Udi ха (χa, “wool”) then are earlier Turkic borrowings. But if the 5th century Old Armenian խաւ (xaw, “layer”) is the same word, a Turkic origin is impossible.

Noun

خاو • (hav)

1. fuzz, down

Derived terms

• خاولی (havlu)

Descendants

• Turkish: hav
• → Persian: خاو (xâv)

References

• 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 147
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաւ”, 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 350ab
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 60 Nr. 231
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خاو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 530b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hav1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük