խազ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian խազ (xaz); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խազ (xaz)

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

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Ačaṙyan, perhaps a “Caucasian” borrowing (Georgian-Zan? Northeast Caucasian?); compare Georgian ხაზი (xazi, line, row), Laz ხაზ (xaz, to draw a line), Bats ხაზ (xaz), Udi խազ (xaz, line).

Alternatively, according to Martirosyan, perhaps an Iranian borrowing, ultimately going back to Proto-Iranian *xad-s-, sigmatic aorist of *xad- (to beat, inflict a wound); compare Manichaean Parthian xʾz- (*xāz-, to devour), Sanskrit खिदति (khinati, to tear; to press down).

Noun[edit]

խազ (xaz)

  1. line, writing mark, line in hand, scratch; notch of an arrow
  2. (music) khaz, note
    նուագել զխազսnuagel zxazsto solfa
    նուագումն խազիցnuagumn xazicʻsolfeggio
    դրոշմել խազիւք զեղանակ ինչdrošmel xaziwkʻ zełanak inčʻto note an air, to write it down

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խազ (xaz)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 324