խնջոյք
Old Armenian
Etymology
Uncertain. Likely an Iranian borrowing: compare Ossetian хынцын (xyncyn) / хинцун (xincun, “to treat hospitably”).[1][2][3][4]
Declension
i-type
| plural only (plurale tantum) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | խնջոյք (xnǰoykʻ) |
| genitive | խնջոյից (xnǰoyicʻ) |
| dative | խնջոյից (xnǰoyicʻ) |
| accusative | խնջոյս (xnǰoys) |
| ablative | խնջոյից (xnǰoyicʻ) |
| instrumental | խնջոյիւք (xnǰoyiwkʻ) |
| locative | խնջոյս (xnǰoys) |
Derived terms
- բազմախնճոյ (bazmaxnčoy)
- խնճոյական (xnčoyakan)
- խնջուական (xnǰuakan)
Descendants
- → Armenian: խնջույք (xnǰuykʻ) (learned)
References
- Bailey, H. W. (1956) “Armeno-Indoiranica”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 55, number 1, page 94
- Bailey, H. W. (1958) “Arya”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 21, number 3, University of London, , page 530
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 483
- Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 264–265
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խնջոյ”, 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, page 381b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խնճոյք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խնջոյ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 336b, connects with խինդ (xind)
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 515
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