ժախ

• ժա̈խ (žäx) – Vozm, dialectological notation

The origin is unknown. Found also in Middle Armenian ժախ-ուկ (žax-uk, “horseradish”). Dialectal ժախռ (žaxṙ, “weed”) may be related.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʒɑχ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʒɑχ]

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ժախ • (žax)

1. (dialectal) horse fennel, Hippomarathrum

   Synonym: բոխի (boxi)

• բոժախ (božax)

• → Northern Kurdish: cax, çax, caxik (“Ferula”)
• → Turkish: çağ
• → Zazaki: jax

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “ժախ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 388–389
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “ժախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 220b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 464b
• Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “բոխ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 112a
• Асатрян, Г. (1987), “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), issue 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 169
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ժախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 825a
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981), “բոխի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 161, page 17b
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ժախուկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 255b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ժախ¹”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 152ab