ժախ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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]‎ (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