խոզ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian խոզ (xoz).

Noun

խոզ • (xoz)

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Noun

խոզ • (xoz)

  1. a type of algae
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

խոզ • (xoz)

  1. boar, sow; pig, hog, swine
    խոզ մատակ ― xoz matak ― sow
    խոզ մալեալ ― xoz maleal ― hog
    խոզ ծովային ― xoz covayin ― sea-hog
    հնդիկ խոզ ― hndik xoz ― guinea-pig
    ցնկնիլ խոզի ― cʻnknil xozi ― to farrow, to pig
    ծնունդք խոզի ― cnundkʻ xozi ― litter of pigs
    կաթնկեր խոզ ― katʻnker xoz ― sucking-pig
    գոմք խոզից ― gomkʻ xozicʻ ― pig-sty
    երամակ խոզից ― eramak xozicʻ ― herd of swine
    միս խոզի ― mis xozi ― pork
    ապուխտ խոզի ― apuxt xozi ― ham
    խորխ խոզի ― xorx xozi ― rind (of bacon)
    մորթ խոզի ― mortʻ xozi ― pigskin
    խանչէ, գոհգոհէ, կնչէ, գրդայ, կռնչէ խոզ ― xančʻē, gohgohē, knčʻē, grday, kṙnčʻē xoz ― the hog grunts
    խոզի փուշ ― xozi pʻuš ― anagyris, bean-trefoil
    խոզի մազ ― xozi maz ― maiden's hair, adiantum
  2. (astronomy) name of a certain star
  3. (in the plural, pathology) scrofula

Declension

Derived terms

  • խոզաբար (xozabar)
  • խոզաբարոյ (xozabaroy)
  • խոզաբոյծ (xozaboyc)
  • խոզաբուտ (xozabut)
  • խոզագնաց (xozagnacʻ)
  • խոզակեր (xozaker)
  • խոզակերպ (xozakerp)
  • խոզաձեւ (xozajew)
  • խոզաճարակ (xozačarak)
  • խոզամիտ (xozamit)
  • խոզանամ (xozanam)
  • խոզանման (xozanman)
  • խոզանստեւ (xozanstew)
  • խոզաշաւիղ (xozašawił)
  • խոզապարէն (xozaparēn)
  • խոզասպանութիւն (xozaspanutʻiwn)
  • խոզատանձ (xozatanj)
  • խոզարած (xozarac)
  • խոզաւէտ (xozawēt)
  • խոզեան (xozean)
  • խոզենի (xozeni)
  • խոզերամակ (xozeramak)
  • խոզկաղին (xozkałin)
  • խոզութիւն (xozutʻiwn)
  • խոզուկ (xozuk)
  • խոզտի (xozti)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խոզ (xoz)
    • → Zazaki: xoz

Further reading

  • 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]‎ (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, 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
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