բեհեզ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բեհեզ (behez).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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բեհեզ (behez)

  1. byssus, fine linen

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բեհեզ (behez) բեհեզներ (behezner)
dative բեհեզի (behezi) բեհեզների (behezneri)
ablative բեհեզից (behezicʻ) բեհեզներից (beheznericʻ)
instrumental բեհեզով (behezov) բեհեզներով (beheznerov)
locative բեհեզում (behezum) բեհեզներում (beheznerum)
definite forms
nominative բեհեզը/բեհեզն (behezə/behezn) բեհեզները/բեհեզներն (beheznerə/beheznern)
dative բեհեզին (behezin) բեհեզներին (beheznerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բեհեզս (behezs) բեհեզներս (behezners)
dative բեհեզիս (behezis) բեհեզներիս (behezneris)
ablative բեհեզիցս (behezicʻs) բեհեզներիցս (beheznericʻs)
instrumental բեհեզովս (behezovs) բեհեզներովս (beheznerovs)
locative բեհեզումս (behezums) բեհեզներումս (beheznerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բեհեզդ (behezd) բեհեզներդ (beheznerd)
dative բեհեզիդ (behezid) բեհեզներիդ (beheznerid)
ablative բեհեզիցդ (behezicʻd) բեհեզներիցդ (beheznericʻd)
instrumental բեհեզովդ (behezovd) բեհեզներովդ (beheznerovd)
locative բեհեզումդ (behezumd) բեհեզներումդ (beheznerumd)

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Related to Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā), Classical Syriac ܒܘܨܐ (būṣā), Hebrew בּוּץ (būṣ), Akkadian 𒁍𒌋𒋗 (bu-u-ṣu /⁠būṣu⁠/), Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, byssus), Arabic بَزّ (bazz), Ottoman Turkish بز (bez) and possibly Old Armenian վուշ (vuš). The immediate source of Armenian is unknown. Neither Greek, nor Aramaic explain բեհեզ (behez), which may come from earlier *բեեզ (*beez).[1][2][3][4][5] But compare the Ottoman Turkish بوحاسی (bohası), under which variant Meninski presents the likewise unexplained Ottoman Turkish بوغاسی (boğası), denoting a well-known kind of fine cotton fabric.

Wrongly claimed by Olsen 2017 with reference to a 1907 article by Spiegelberg as of Egyptian origin, where an Egyptian wꜣḏ (**linen) is posited, which is actually ḏꜣw (cloth, fabric) read in the wrong direction, also ḏꜣjt.[6][7]

Noun

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բեհեզ (behez)

  1. byssus, fine linen

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 392
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բեհէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 437—438
  3. ^ 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 947
  4. ^ Koehler, Ludwig, Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) “בוץ”, in The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բեհէզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 124b
  6. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD[1], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191
  7. ^ Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1907) “Ägyptische Lehnwörter in der älteren griechischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 41, page 129

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բեհեզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բեհեզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy