խազ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Armenian խազ (xaz).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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խազ (xaz)

  1. line; notch
  2. note (in ancient Armenian musical notation system)
    Synonym: ձայնանիշ (jaynaniš)
  3. parting line of hair

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative խազ (xaz) խազեր (xazer)
dative խազի (xazi) խազերի (xazeri)
ablative խազից (xazicʻ) խազերից (xazericʻ)
instrumental խազով (xazov) խազերով (xazerov)
locative խազում (xazum) խազերում (xazerum)
definite forms
nominative խազը/խազն (xazə/xazn) խազերը/խազերն (xazerə/xazern)
dative խազին (xazin) խազերին (xazerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative խազս (xazs) խազերս (xazers)
dative խազիս (xazis) խազերիս (xazeris)
ablative խազիցս (xazicʻs) խազերիցս (xazericʻs)
instrumental խազովս (xazovs) խազերովս (xazerovs)
locative խազումս (xazums) խազերումս (xazerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative խազդ (xazd) խազերդ (xazerd)
dative խազիդ (xazid) խազերիդ (xazerid)
ablative խազիցդ (xazicʻd) խազերիցդ (xazericʻd)
instrumental խազովդ (xazovd) խազերովդ (xazerovd)
locative խազումդ (xazumd) խազերումդ (xazerumd)

Descendants

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  • Northern Kurdish: xaz, xêz, xez
  • Turkish: haz

Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Georgian ხაზი (xazi, line).[1]

Noun

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խազ (xaz)

  1. line, writing mark, line in hand, scratch
  2. notch of an arrow
  3. (music) khaz, note

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1930) “խազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Armenian), volume III, a collotype facsimile of the manuscript, Yerevan: University Press, pages 307–308 = Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խազ”, 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 310ab

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 324, argues for an Iranian borrowing, ultimately going back to Proto-Iranian *xad-s-, sigmatic aorist of *xad- (to beat, inflict a wound); compare Parthian 𐫟𐫀𐫉- (xʾz- /⁠xāz-⁠/, to devour), Sanskrit खिदति (khinati, to tear; to press down).
  • Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (1987) “Araberen pʻoxaṙutʻyunner hayerenum [The Arabic loan-words in Armenian]”, in Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎[2] (in Armenian), number 10, pages 54–55 = Mkrtčjan, N. A. (2005) Семитские языки и армянский [Semitic Languages and Armenian]‎[3] (in Russian), Yerevan: Drazark, →ISBN, pages 97–98, derives from Arabic حَزَّ (ḥazza)
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խազ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[4], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 271–272
  • Schröder, Johann Joachim (1711) Thesaurus linguae Armenicae antiquae et hodiernae, Amsterdam, page 46, derives from Arabic خَزَلَ (ḵazala)