խնոցի

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Armenian

An Armenian xnocʻi in Artsakh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From խին (xin) +‎ -ոց (-ocʻ) +‎ (-i). The compound is attested already in Middle Armenian.

Pronunciation

Noun

խնոցի (xnocʻi)

  1. butter churn
    Synonym: (dialectal) ձձում (jjum)

Usage notes

  • It is hung on ropes that are fastened around the left and right ends, and usually pushed back and forth by two people.

Declension

u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative խնոցի (xnocʻi) խնոցիներ (xnocʻiner)
dative խնոցու (xnocʻu) խնոցիների (xnocʻineri)
ablative խնոցուց (xnocʻucʻ) խնոցիներից (xnocʻinericʻ)
instrumental խնոցով, խնոցիով (xnocʻov, xnocʻiov) խնոցիներով (xnocʻinerov)
locative խնոցում, խնոցիում (xnocʻum, xnocʻium) խնոցիներում (xnocʻinerum)
definite forms
nominative խնոցին (xnocʻin) խնոցիները/խնոցիներն (xnocʻinerə/xnocʻinern)
dative խնոցուն (xnocʻun) խնոցիներին (xnocʻinerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative խնոցիս (xnocʻis) խնոցիներս (xnocʻiners)
dative խնոցուս (xnocʻus) խնոցիներիս (xnocʻineris)
ablative խնոցուցս (xnocʻucʻs) խնոցիներիցս (xnocʻinericʻs)
instrumental խնոցովս, խնոցիովս (xnocʻovs, xnocʻiovs) խնոցիներովս (xnocʻinerovs)
locative խնոցումս, խնոցիումս (xnocʻums, xnocʻiums) խնոցիներումս (xnocʻinerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative խնոցիդ (xnocʻid) խնոցիներդ (xnocʻinerd)
dative խնոցուդ (xnocʻud) խնոցիներիդ (xnocʻinerid)
ablative խնոցուցդ (xnocʻucʻd) խնոցիներիցդ (xnocʻinericʻd)
instrumental խնոցովդ, խնոցիովդ (xnocʻovd, xnocʻiovd) խնոցիներովդ (xnocʻinerovd)
locative խնոցումդ, խնոցիումդ (xnocʻumd, xnocʻiumd) խնոցիներումդ (xnocʻinerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խնոցի”, 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 350–351
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խնոցի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 955c
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, § 149, pages 82–83
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2007) “Armenian in the vocabulary and culture of the Turkish Hemshinli”, in Hovann H. Simonian, editor, The Hemshin: History, society and identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (Peoples of the Caucasus)‎, London and New York: Routledge, page 287
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xinûsî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 661
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 260, page 64
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խնոցի”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 296
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խնոցի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 342a