խաբ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. Probably borrowed from an unknown Aramaic or Classical Syriac cognate of Arabic خَبّ (ḵabb, deception, fraud; deceiver), or directly from it, if Arabic borrowings in the 5th century are possible.

Noun

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խաբ (xab)

  1. deceit, fraud
    խաբ գործել, տալxab gorcel, talto cheat, to defraud, to dupe, to swindle
    ի խաբս անականելi xabs anakanelto be deceived, to fall into error
    ի խաբս ինչ լինելi xabs inčʻ linelto be in fault
    ընդ խաբս գտանելənd xabs gtanelto detect in fraud
    ընդ խաբս, ընդ խաբənd xabs, ənd xabfraudulently, deceitfully, knavishly, roguishly; cunningly, astutely
    խաբ շրթանցxab šrtʻancʻthe spell of eloquence
    գուցէ ընդ խաբս ինչ իցէgucʻē ənd xabs inčʻ icʻēperhaps it was done by mistake
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 43.12:
      Եւ արծաթ կրկին առէք ի ձեռս ձեր, եւ զարծաթն որ դարձաւ յամանս ձեր՝ տարայք ընդ ձեզ, գուցէ ընդ խաբս ինչ իցէ։
      Ew arcatʻ krkin aṙēkʻ i jeṙs jer, ew zarcatʻn or darjaw yamans jer, taraykʻ ənd jez, gucʻē ənd xabs inčʻ icʻē.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խաբ (xab), խաբս (xabs)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաբ”, 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 309–310
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 267
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 486
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խաբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 307a
  • Lewy, E. (1924) “Etymologien II”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen[2] (in German), volume 52, number 3/4, page 310
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Schröder, Johann Joachim (1711) Thesaurus linguae Armenicae antiquae et hodiernae, Amsterdam, page 46