| Root |
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| خ و ي (ḵ-w-y) |
خَاوٍ • (ḵāwin) (informal خَاوِي (ḵāwī), feminine خَاوِيَة (ḵāwiya), masculine plural خَاوُونَ (ḵāwūna) or خُوَاة (ḵuwāh), feminine plural خَاوِيَات (ḵāwiyāt))
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular triptote in ـٍ (-in) | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَاوِي ḵāwī |
الْخَاوِي al-ḵāwī |
خَاوِيَة ḵāwiya |
الْخَاوِيَة al-ḵāwiya |
| Nominative | خَاوٍ ḵāwin |
الْخَاوِي al-ḵāwī |
خَاوِيَةٌ ḵāwiyatun |
الْخَاوِيَةُ al-ḵāwiyatu |
| Accusative | خَاوِيًا ḵāwiyan |
الْخَاوِيَ al-ḵāwiya |
خَاوِيَةً ḵāwiyatan |
الْخَاوِيَةَ al-ḵāwiyata |
| Genitive | خَاوٍ ḵāwin |
الْخَاوِي al-ḵāwī |
خَاوِيَةٍ ḵāwiyatin |
الْخَاوِيَةِ al-ḵāwiyati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَاوِيَيْن ḵāwiyayn |
الْخَاوِيَيْن al-ḵāwiyayn |
خَاوِيَتَيْن ḵāwiyatayn |
الْخَاوِيَتَيْن al-ḵāwiyatayn |
| Nominative | خَاوِيَانِ ḵāwiyāni |
الْخَاوِيَانِ al-ḵāwiyāni |
خَاوِيَتَانِ ḵāwiyatāni |
الْخَاوِيَتَانِ al-ḵāwiyatāni |
| Accusative | خَاوِيَيْنِ ḵāwiyayni |
الْخَاوِيَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyayni |
خَاوِيَتَيْنِ ḵāwiyatayni |
الْخَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyatayni |
| Genitive | خَاوِيَيْنِ ḵāwiyayni |
الْخَاوِيَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyayni |
خَاوِيَتَيْنِ ḵāwiyatayni |
الْخَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-ḵāwiyatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh) | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَاوِين; خُوَاة ḵāwīn; ḵuwāt |
الْخَاوِين; الْخُوَاة al-ḵāwīn; al-ḵuwāt |
خَاوِيَات ḵāwiyāt |
الْخَاوِيَات al-ḵāwiyāt |
| Nominative | خَاوُونَ; خُوَاةٌ ḵāwūna; ḵuwātun |
الْخَاوُونَ; الْخُوَاةُ al-ḵāwūna; al-ḵuwātu |
خَاوِيَاتٌ ḵāwiyātun |
الْخَاوِيَاتُ al-ḵāwiyātu |
| Accusative | خَاوِينَ; خُوَاةً ḵāwīna; ḵuwātan |
الْخَاوِينَ; الْخُوَاةَ al-ḵāwīna; al-ḵuwāta |
خَاوِيَاتٍ ḵāwiyātin |
الْخَاوِيَاتِ al-ḵāwiyāti |
| Genitive | خَاوِينَ; خُوَاةٍ ḵāwīna; ḵuwātin |
الْخَاوِينَ; الْخُوَاةِ al-ḵāwīna; al-ḵuwāti |
خَاوِيَاتٍ ḵāwiyātin |
الْخَاوِيَاتِ al-ḵāwiyāti |
| Northern Kurdish | xav |
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From Proto-Iranian *HaHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (“raw, uncooked”).
خاو (xaw)
Perhaps the same word as قاو (kav, “tinder, punk”), imagining the tinder conk or another porous material as a soft fuzz hanging around. Cognate with Azerbaijani xov (“nap, pile”). Synonymous Middle Armenian խաւ (xaw), Georgian ხაო (xao), Ossetian хау (xaw) / хауӕ (xawæ) and Udi ха (χa, “wool”) then are earlier Turkic borrowings. But if the 5th century Old Armenian խաւ (xaw, “layer”) is the same word, a Turkic origin is impossible.
خاو • (hav)