խոզանակ

Armenian

Etymology

A modern literary creation, either as խոզ (xoz, pig) + -անակ (-anak), because brushes were made of pig bristle, or as խոզան (xozan, stubble, the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested) + -ակ (-ak).

Pronunciation

Noun

խոզանակ (xozanak)

  1. brush
    ատամի խոզանակatami xozanaktoothbrush

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խոզան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), խոզանակ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (1884), brosse”, in Baṙagirkʿ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press
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