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Old Armenian
Etymology
The original spelling is խաւսք (xawskʻ), of uncertain origin.
J̌ahukyan suggests derivation with metathesis from Iranian *vaxs, with a (Scythian?) sound change š → s from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”). For the metathesis he compares Ormuri (ɣuš, ɣwoš, “to speak”).
Noun
խօսք • (xōskʻ) pl
- word; speech, language, tongue; discourse, sermon; saying; diction; talk, conversation, chat
- Synonym: բան (ban)
- խօսք ընդ Աստուածոյ ― xōskʻ ənd Astuacoy ― prayer
- իտալական խօսիւք ― italakan xōsiwkʻ ― in the Italian language
- խօսս արկանել, առնել ― xōss arkanel, aṙnel ― to speak, to talk
- խօսս առնել, դնել ― xōss aṙnel, dnel ― to compose, to write
- ի խօսս գալ, մատչել ― i xōss gal, matčʻel ― to begin to speak in one's turn; to converse, to talk
- ի խօսս առնել ― i xōss aṙnel ― to cause to speak
- ի խօսս լինել, խօսք կանանց/լեզուաց լինել ― i xōss linel, xōskʻ kanancʻ/lezuacʻ linel ― to be the public scorn, to become a byeword
- կարճել զխօսս ուրուք ― karčel zxōss urukʻ ― to interrupt a person, to break in upon
- խօսք քո յայտ առնեն զքեզ ― xōskʻ kʻo yayt aṙnen zkʻez ― thy speech betrayeth thee
- word, promise
- report, news
- crowing of a cock
- խօսք հաւու ― xōskʻ hawu ― cock-crowing
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խօսք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խօսք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խօս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 327
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1995) “Hay-iranakan lezvakan zugadipumner [Armenian–Iranian Lingual Parallels]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), number 2, pages 183–186