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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *xōšak. Compare Middle Persian (hwšk' /hōšag/), Persian خوشه (xuše, “ear of corn, cluster”).[1]
Noun
խոշակ • (xošak) (hapax)
- empty ear of corn
late 11th century, Daniel of Salah,
Commentary on the Psalms Psalm 35:
[2]- Իբրեւ զժանգ ցորենոյ, եւ իբրեւ զխոշակ անդաստանաց, այնպէս կռփի հասկ հոգւոյն, եւ լինիցի առանց արդեանց։
- Ibrew zžang cʻorenoy, ew ibrew zxošak andastanacʻ, aynpēs kṙpʻi [kriwkʻ] hask hogwoyn, ew linicʻi aṙancʻ ardeancʻ.
Descendants
- Armenian: խոշակ (xošak, “empty ear of corn or nut”)[3]
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1930) “խոշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), volume III, a collotype facsimile of the manuscript, Yerevan: University Press, pages 577–578 = Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խոշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 394–395
- ^ Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “խոշակ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1113, page 260
- ^ Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “խօշակ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 290b