خوخ

See also: جوج, جوخ, and حوج

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic חוֹחַא (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), likely originally referring to the Prunus spinosa variety, commonly known as blackthorn; cognates with Classical Syriac ܚܘܚܐ (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), and Hebrew חוֹחַ (ḥōaḥ, “thornbush”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חָחָא / חָאחָא (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”), Classical Syriac ܚܲܚܵܐ (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”). Possibly an ancient Turkic borrowing, belonging to the family of Azerbaijani göyəm (“sloe”) (see there for more Turkic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xawx/

Noun

خَوْخ • (ḵawḵ) m (collective, singulative خَوْخَة f (ḵawḵa))

1. a fruit of the genus Prunus (plum, peach, apricot, cherry); often one sort in particular, but with regional differences
   1. peach, peaches

      Synonyms: (Levant) دُرّاق (durrāq), (Southwest Arabia, Al-Andalus) فِرْسِك (firsik), (Mauritania, Western Sahara) بَرْقُوق (barqūq)

   2. (Syria, Jordan, Oman) plum, plums

      Synonyms: بَرْقُوق (barqūq), (Al-Andalus, Iraq) إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ), (Tunisia, Libya, Al-Andalus) عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar), (Al-Andalus) عَبْقَر (ʕabqar)

Declension

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخ ḵawḵ	الْخَوْخ al-ḵawḵ	خَوْخ ḵawḵ
Nominative	خَوْخٌ ḵawḵun	الْخَوْخُ al-ḵawḵu	خَوْخُ ḵawḵu
Accusative	خَوْخًا ḵawḵan	الْخَوْخَ al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَ ḵawḵa
Genitive	خَوْخٍ ḵawḵin	الْخَوْخِ al-ḵawḵi	خَوْخِ ḵawḵi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَة ḵawḵa	الْخَوْخَة al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَة ḵawḵat
Nominative	خَوْخَةٌ ḵawḵatun	الْخَوْخَةُ al-ḵawḵatu	خَوْخَةُ ḵawḵatu
Accusative	خَوْخَةً ḵawḵatan	الْخَوْخَةَ al-ḵawḵata	خَوْخَةَ ḵawḵata
Genitive	خَوْخَةٍ ḵawḵatin	الْخَوْخَةِ al-ḵawḵati	خَوْخَةِ ḵawḵati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَتَيْن ḵawḵatayn	الْخَوْخَتَيْن al-ḵawḵatayn	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Nominative	خَوْخَتَانِ ḵawḵatāni	الْخَوْخَتَانِ al-ḵawḵatāni	خَوْخَتَا ḵawḵatā
Accusative	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Genitive	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt	الْخَوْخَات al-ḵawḵāt	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt
Nominative	خَوْخَاتٌ ḵawḵātun	الْخَوْخَاتُ al-ḵawḵātu	خَوْخَاتُ ḵawḵātu
Accusative	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti
Genitive	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti

Declension of noun خَوْخ (ḵawḵ)

Descendants

• Maltese: ħawħ
• → Amharic: ኮክ (kok)
• → Blin: ኮክ (kok)
• → Ge'ez: ኮክ (kok), ኮክሕ (kokəḥ), ኮክህ (kokəh), ኆኅ (ḫoḫ), ኆህ (ḫoh)
• → Harari: ኁኂ (ḫūḫi)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: xox

  → Central Kurdish: قۆخ (qox), کۆخ (kox)

  → Southern Kurdish: قووخ (qûx), کووخ (kûx)

• → Middle Armenian: խոխ (xox)
• → Saho: kak
• → Gurage: ኩክ (kuk)
• → Tigre: ኮክ (kok)
• → Tigrinya: ኩኽ (kux)
• → Zazaki: xewx, xox

References

• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 100
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 280
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142

Hijazi Arabic

Root
خ و خ
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoːx/, [ˈxo̞ːx]

Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة f (ḵōḵa))

1. peach

See also

• بخارى (buḵāra, “plum”)
• مشمش (mišmiš, “apricot”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَوَّخَ (ḵawwaḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaw.wax/

Verb

خوخ • (ḵawwaḵ) II (non-past يخوخ (yiḵawwiḵ), verbal noun تَخْوِيخ (taḵwīḵ), passive participle مُخَوِّخ (muḵawwiḵ))

1. to hollow out
2. to decay, to rot

Conjugation

Conjugation of خوخ (ḵawwaḵ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	خوخت (ḵawwaḵt)	خوخت (ḵawwaḵt)	خوخ (ḵawwaḵ)		خوخنا (ḵawwaḵna)	خوختوا (ḵawwaḵtu)	خوخوا (ḵawwaḵu)
	f		خوختي (ḵawwaḵti)	خوخت (ḵawwaḵat)
non-past	m	أخوخ (ʔaḵawwiḵ)	تخوخ (tiḵawwiḵ)	يخوخ (yiḵawwiḵ)		نخوخ (niḵawwiḵ)	تخوخوا (tiḵawwiḵu)	يخوخوا (yiḵawwiḵu)
	f		تخوخي (tiḵawwiḵi)	تخوخ (tiḵawwiḵ)
imperative	m		خوخ (ḵawwiḵ)				خوخوا (ḵawwiḵu)
	f		خوخي (ḵawwiḵi)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ و خ
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuːx/

• Audio:

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Noun

خوخ • (ḵūḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة f (ḵūḵa), paucal خوخات (ḵūḵāt))

1. peaches

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَوَّخَ (ḵawwaḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaw.wax/

Verb

خوخ • (ḵawwaḵ) II (non-past يخوخ (yḵawwaḵ), verbal noun تخواخ (taḵwāḵ), passive participle مخوخ (mḵawwaḵ))

1. to hollow out
2. to decay, to rot

Conjugation

Conjugation of خوخ
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	خوّخت (ḵawwaḵt)	خوّختي (ḵawwaḵti)	خوّخ (ḵawwaḵ)		خوّخنا (ḵawwaḵna)	خوّختوا (ḵawwaḵtu)	خوّخوا (ḵawwḵu)
	f			خوّخت (ḵawwḵāt)
non-past	m	نخوّخ (nḵawwaḵ)	تخوّخ (tḵawwaḵ)	يخوّخ (yḵawwaḵ)		نخوّخوا (nḵawwḵu)	تخوّخوا (tḵawwḵu)	يخوّخوا (yḵawwḵu)
	f		تخوّخي (tḵawwḵi)	تخوّخ (tḵawwaḵ)
imperative	m		خوّخ (ḵawwaḵ)				خوّخوا (ḵawwḵu)
	f		خوّخي (ḵawwḵi)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːx/, [xoːx]

• Audio (Bethlehem):

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Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة f (ḵōḵe), paucal خوخات (ḵōḵāt))

1. (uncountable) peaches

   حبة خوخ / خوخة ― ḥabbet ḵōḵ / ḵōḵe ― a peach

2. (uncountable, regional) plums

   Synonyms: برقوق (barʔūʔ), (Galilee) بروميا (brūmya)