خوخ

See also: جوج, جوخ, and حوج

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic חוֹחַא (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), likely originally referring to the Prunus spinosa variety, commonly known as blackthorn; cognates with Classical Syriac ܚܘܚܐ (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), and Hebrew חוֹחַ (ḥōaḥ, “thornbush”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חָחָא / חָאחָא (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”), Classical Syriac ܚܲܚܵܐ (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”). Possibly an ancient Turkic borrowing, belonging to the family of Azerbaijani göyəm (“sloe”) (see there for more Turkic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xawx/

Noun

خَوْخ • (ḵawḵ) m (collective, singulative خَوْخَة f (ḵawḵa))

1. a fruit of the genus Prunus (plum, peach, apricot, cherry); often one sort in particular, but with regional differences
   1. peach, peaches

      Synonyms: (Levant) دُرّاق (durrāq), (Southwest Arabia, Al-Andalus) فِرْسِك (firsik), (Mauritania, Western Sahara) بَرْقُوق (barqūq)

   2. (Syria, Jordan, Oman) plum, plums

      Synonyms: بَرْقُوق (barqūq), (Al-Andalus, Iraq) إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ), (Tunisia, Libya, Al-Andalus) عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar), (Al-Andalus) عَبْقَر (ʕabqar)

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْخ (ḵawḵ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخ ḵawḵ	الْخَوْخ al-ḵawḵ	خَوْخ ḵawḵ
Nominative	خَوْخٌ ḵawḵun	الْخَوْخُ al-ḵawḵu	خَوْخُ ḵawḵu
Accusative	خَوْخًا ḵawḵan	الْخَوْخَ al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَ ḵawḵa
Genitive	خَوْخٍ ḵawḵin	الْخَوْخِ al-ḵawḵi	خَوْخِ ḵawḵi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَة ḵawḵa	الْخَوْخَة al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَة ḵawḵat
Nominative	خَوْخَةٌ ḵawḵatun	الْخَوْخَةُ al-ḵawḵatu	خَوْخَةُ ḵawḵatu
Accusative	خَوْخَةً ḵawḵatan	الْخَوْخَةَ al-ḵawḵata	خَوْخَةَ ḵawḵata
Genitive	خَوْخَةٍ ḵawḵatin	الْخَوْخَةِ al-ḵawḵati	خَوْخَةِ ḵawḵati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَتَيْن ḵawḵatayn	الْخَوْخَتَيْن al-ḵawḵatayn	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Nominative	خَوْخَتَانِ ḵawḵatāni	الْخَوْخَتَانِ al-ḵawḵatāni	خَوْخَتَا ḵawḵatā
Accusative	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Genitive	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt	الْخَوْخَات al-ḵawḵāt	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt
Nominative	خَوْخَاتٌ ḵawḵātun	الْخَوْخَاتُ al-ḵawḵātu	خَوْخَاتُ ḵawḵātu
Accusative	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti
Genitive	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti

Descendants

• Maltese: ħawħa
• → Amharic: ኮክ (kok)
• → Blin: ኮክ (kok)
• → Ge'ez: ኮክ (kok), ኮክሕ (kokəḥ), ኮክህ (kokəh)
• → Harari: ኁኂ (ḫūḫi)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xox

  Central Kurdish: قۆخ (qox), کۆخ (kox)

  Southern Kurdish: قووخ (qûx), کووخ (kûx)

• → Middle Armenian: խոխ (xox)
• → Saho: kak
• → Sebat Bet Gurage: ኩክ (kuk)
• → Tigrinya: ኩኅ (kuḫ)
• → Tigre: ኮክ (kok)
• → Zazaki: xewx, xewxe

References

• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎^[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 100
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 280
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142

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Hijazi Arabic

خوخ

Etymology

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoːx/

Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m pl (singulative خوخة (ḵōḵa))

1. peach

See also

• بُخارى (buḵāra, “plum”)
• مِشْمِش (mišmiš, “apricot”)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuːx/

Noun

خُوخ • (ḵūḵ) m (collective, singulative خُوخَة (ḵūḵa))

1. peach