խուժան

Armenian

Etymology

ّLearned borrowing from Old Armenian խուժան (xužan).

Pronunciation

Noun

խուժան (xužan)

  1. mob, rabble, a disorderly and violent crowd
  2. (dated, derogatory) the vulgar, the common people
  3. (collective) beggars, the poor
  4. (dated) street urchin, a homeless child or youth who lives by stealing
  5. (colloquial) ruffian, vulgarian, hooligan, disorderly person

Declension

Derived terms

  • խուժանախումբ (xužanaxumb)
  • խուժանական (xužanakan)
  • խուժանամատույց (xužanamatuycʿ)
  • խուժանային (xužanayin)
  • խուժանանալ (xužananal)
  • խուժանապետ (xužanapet)
  • խուժանավար (xužanavar)
  • խուժանություն (xužanutʿyun)

Adjective

խուժան (xužan) (superlative ամենախուժան)

  1. engaging in disorderly behavior, hooliganish
  2. (slang) obscene, indecent, racy
    • 2015 May 25, soloaper, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-22:
      Հին մաքուր ճապոնական վիդեոյով բայեվիկ նայելու ու խուժան պահերին աչքերը փակելու եղանակ ա
      Hin makʿur čaponakan videoyov bayevik nayelu u xužan paherin ačʿkʿerə pʿakelu ełanak a
      It's a good season for watching a pure old Japanese action movie on VHS and shutting your eyes during the racy moments

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խուճան (xučan)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Middle Iranian word equivalent to խուժ (xuž, wild, savage) + -ան (-an, collective suffix).

Noun

խուժան (xužan)

  1. mob, throng, multitude, crowd, especially an agitated one
    • 5th century, Bible, 4 Kings 25.11:[1]
      Եւ զաւելորդս ժողովրդեանն՝ զմնացեալս ի քաղաքին, եւ զանկեալսն յարքայն Բաբելացւոց, եւ զայլ եւս խուժան ժողովրդեանն, խաղացոյց Նաբուզարդան դահճապետ:
      Ew zawelords žołovrdeann, zmnacʿeals i kʿałakʿin, ew zankealsn yarkʿayn Babelacʿwocʿ, ew zayl ews xužan žołovrdeann, xałacʿoycʿ Nabuzardan dahčapet:
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And Nabuzardan the captain of the guard removed the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the men who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
  2. agitation, disorder

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: խուժան (xužan) (learned)

References

  1. Astuacašunčʿ matean Hin ew Nor ktakaranacʿ əst čšgrit tʿargmanutʿean naxneacʿ merocʿ hamematutʿeamb ebrayakan ew yunakan bnagracʿ [Bible. Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], Constantinople: G. Pałtatlean, 1895, page 431b

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խուժան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խուժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խուժան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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