խոշակ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *xōšak. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwšk' /hōšag/), Persian خوشه‎ (xuše, “ear of corn, cluster”)[1][2]

Noun

խոշակ • (xošak) (hapax)

  1. empty ear of corn
    • late 11th century, Daniel of Salah, Commentary on the Psalms Psalm 35:[3]
      Իբրեւ զժանգ ցորենոյ, եւ իբրեւ զխոշակ անդաստանաց, այնպէս կռփի [կրիւք] հասկ հոգւոյն, եւ լինիցի առանց արդեանց։
      Ibrew zžang cʿorenoy, ew ibrew zxošak andastanacʿ, aynpēs kṙpʿi [kriwkʿ] hask hogwoyn, ew linicʿi aṙancʿ ardeancʿ.

Descendants
  • Armenian: խոշակ (xošak, “empty ear of corn or nut”)[4]

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1926), “խոշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, a collotype facsimile of the manuscript, Yerevan: University Press, pages 577–578.
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “խոշակ”, 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, pages 394–395
  3. Ališan, Łewond (1895), “խոշակ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1113, page 260
  4. Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), “խօշակ”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 290b
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