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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Probably borrowed from an unknown Aramaic or Classical Syriac cognate of Arabic خَبّ (ḵabb, “deception, fraud; deceiver”), or directly from it, if Arabic borrowings in the 5th century are possible.
Noun
խաբ • (xab)
- deceit, fraud
- խաբ գործել, տալ ― xab gorcel, tal ― to cheat, to defraud, to dupe, to swindle
- ի խաբս անականել ― i xabs anakanel ― to be deceived, to fall into error
- ի խաբս ինչ լինել ― i xabs inčʻ linel ― to be in fault
- ընդ խաբս գտանել ― ənd xabs gtanel ― to detect in fraud
- ընդ խաբս, ընդ խաբ ― ənd xabs, ənd xab ― fraudulently, deceitfully, knavishly, roguishly; cunningly, astutely
- խաբ շրթանց ― xab šrtʻancʻ ― the spell of eloquence
- գուցէ ընդ խաբս ինչ իցէ ― gucʻē ənd xabs inčʻ icʻē ― perhaps it was done by mistake
5th century,
Bible,
Genesis 43.12:
- Եւ արծաթ կրկին առէք ի ձեռս ձեր, եւ զարծաթն որ դարձաւ յամանս ձեր՝ տարայք ընդ ձեզ, գուցէ ընդ խաբս ինչ իցէ։
- Ew arcatʻ krkin aṙēkʻ i jeṙs jer, ew zarcatʻn or darjaw yamans jer, taraykʻ ənd jez, gucʻē ənd xabs inčʻ icʻē.
Declension
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաբ”, 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, pages 309–310
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 267
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 486
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խաբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 307a
- Lewy, E. (1924) “Etymologien II”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 52, number 3/4, page 310
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Schröder, Johann Joachim (1711) Thesaurus linguae Armenicae antiquae et hodiernae, Amsterdam, page 46