xabû

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		هبو

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هبو (habô), early form of هوو (havu). However, contaminated with Tati xava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χabuː/

dialectal pronunciations

• (Ahmadabad) IPA^(key): [χaβʊ]
• (Bagh-e Yek, Jerik Aghaj, Mazraeh-ye Now, Safarabad, Sefidaleh, Sorkh Deh) IPA^(key): [χæ̞buː]
• (Bon Chinar) IPA^(key): [χavu]
• (Chahak) IPA^(key): [χæ̞βu]
• (Darestan, Hasanabad, Mushakiyeh, Sefid Ab) IPA^(key): [χæ̞bu]
• (Esfid) IPA^(key): [χabʊm] (inflected form attested only)
• (Mansurabad, Nowdeh, Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [χabuː]
• (Qarah Su) IPA^(key): [χæ̞βuː], [χæ̞buˑ]
• (Sarband) IPA^(key): [χæ̞vuː]
• (Varnavaj) IPA^(key): [χabu]

Noun

xabû (definite accusative xabûñ, plural xabûlar)

1. Alternative form of havû (“co-wife”)

Declension

Declension of xabû

	singular	plural
nominative	xabû	xabûlar
genitive	xabûñ	xabûlarııñ
dative	xabûqa	xabûlarqa
definite accusative	xabûñ	xabûları
locative	xabûça	xabûlarça
ablative	xabûda	xabûlarda
instrumental	xabûla	xabûlarla
equative	xabûvâra	xabûlarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN