ժախ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ժա̈խ (žäx) — Vozm, dialectological notation

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Found also in Middle Armenian ժախ-ուկ (žax-uk, “horseradish”). Dialectal ժախռ (žaxṙ, “weed”) may be related.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʒɑχ/, [ʒɑχ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʒɑχ/, [ʒɑχ]

• Audio (Eastern Armenian):

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Noun

ժախ • (žax)

1. (dialectal) horse fennel, Hippomarathrum

   Synonym: բոխի (boxi)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular	plural
nominative	ժախ (žax)	ժախեր (žaxer)
dative	ժախի (žaxi)	ժախերի (žaxeri)
ablative	ժախից (žaxicʻ)	ժախերից (žaxericʻ)
instrumental	ժախով (žaxov)	ժախերով (žaxerov)
locative	ժախում (žaxum)	ժախերում (žaxerum)
	definite forms
nominative	ժախը/ժախն (žaxə/žaxn)	ժախերը/ժախերն (žaxerə/žaxern)
dative	ժախին (žaxin)	ժախերին (žaxerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ժախս (žaxs)	ժախերս (žaxers)
dative	ժախիս (žaxis)	ժախերիս (žaxeris)
ablative	ժախիցս (žaxicʻs)	ժախերիցս (žaxericʻs)
instrumental	ժախովս (žaxovs)	ժախերովս (žaxerovs)
locative	ժախումս (žaxums)	ժախերումս (žaxerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ժախդ (žaxd)	ժախերդ (žaxerd)
dative	ժախիդ (žaxid)	ժախերիդ (žaxerid)
ablative	ժախիցդ (žaxicʻd)	ժախերիցդ (žaxericʻd)
instrumental	ժախովդ (žaxovd)	ժախերովդ (žaxerovd)
locative	ժախումդ (žaxumd)	ժախերումդ (žaxerumd)

Derived terms

• բոժախ (božax)

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: cax, çax, caxik (“Ferula”)
• → Turkish: çağ
• → Zazaki: jax

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ժախ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 388–389
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժախ”, 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 220b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բող”, 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, page 464b
• Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “բոխ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 112a
• Асатрян, Г. (1987) “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (in Russian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 169
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 825a
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “բոխի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 161, page 17b
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ժախուկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 255b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ժախ¹”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 152ab