Reconstruction:Old Armenian/խազ-

See also: խազ

This Old Armenian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwʾstn'), 𐫟𐫇𐫀𐫘𐫤𐫗 (xwʾstn /⁠xwāstan⁠/) (whence Persian خواستن (xwâstan)), Parthian 𐫇𐫟𐫀𐫍𐫏𐫅 (wxʾhyd /⁠xwāhed⁠/, “to wish, desire, seek”). The same word is found in the wholly-borrowed terms դատախազ (dataxaz) and մատակախազ (matakaxaz).

Verb

*խազ- • (*xaz-)

1. to seek, desire strongly

Derived terms

• իգախազութիւն (igaxazutʻiwn)
• գինեխազութիւն (ginexazutʻiwn)

Related terms

• դատախազ (dataxaz)
• մատակախազ (matakaxaz)

Descendants

• Armenian: խազիլ (xazil) — Çengiler

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խազ”, 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, pages 310–311
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խազ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 307b