խօզ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- խաւզ (xawz)
Etymology
The original spelling is խաւզ (xawz). Usually considered a word of unknown origin.[1][2][3] Related to Old Georgian მხავსი (mxavsi), Georgian ხავსი (xavsi, “moss”), which Ačaṙyan derives from Armenian.[1]
Probably an Iranian borrowing: compare Persian خزه (xaze, “moss”), Northern Kurdish kevz (“moss; water moss”), Central Kurdish قەوزە (qewze, “algae”) and Zazaki hewz (“green”). Compare also Ossetian хӕфс (xæfs, “frog”), from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah. For the association of "moss" and "algae" with "frog" compare Persian جلوزغ (jol-vazağ, “alga”, literally “toad-clothes”), جلبک (jolbak, “alga”, literally “frog-clothes”), چغزواره (čağzvâre, “water moss”, literally “frog-cover”), Kermanic بژه (baža, “moss, algae”) (from جلبژه (*jol-baža, literally “frog-clothes”)[4] and Armenian գորտնբուրդ (gortnburd, “algae”, literally “frog-wool”), գորտնխալի (gortnxali, “algae”, literally “frog-carpet”).
Noun
խօզ • (xōz)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խօզ”, 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 432b
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2009) “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies[1], volume 4, number 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խօզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[2] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, pages 76–77
Further reading
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[3], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 86