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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian; compare Middle Persian (hwʾstn'), 𐫟𐫇𐫀𐫘𐫤𐫗 (xwʾstn /xwāstan/) (whence Persian خواستن (xwâstan)), Parthian 𐫇𐫟𐫀𐫍𐫏𐫅 (wxʾhyd /xwāhed/, “to wish, desire, seek”). The same word is found in the wholly-borrowed terms դատախազ (dataxaz) and մատակախազ (matakaxaz).
Verb
*խազ- • (*xaz-)
- to seek, desire strongly
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խազ”, 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 310–311
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խազ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 307b