խնոցի
Armenian
An Armenian xnocʻi in Artsakh
Alternative forms
- խնոց (xnocʻ), խնեցի (xnecʻi), խնացի (xnacʻi), խինեցի (xinecʻi), խնուց (xnucʻ) — dialectal
Etymology
From խին (xin) + -ոց (-ocʻ) + -ի (-i). The compound is attested already in Middle Armenian.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [χənot͡sʰí]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [χənot͡sʰí]
Usage notes
- It is hung on ropes that are fastened around the left and right ends, and usually pushed back and forth by two people.
Declension
u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խնոցի (xnocʻi) | խնոցիներ (xnocʻiner) | ||
| dative | խնոցու (xnocʻu) | խնոցիների (xnocʻineri) | ||
| ablative | խնոցուց (xnocʻucʻ) | խնոցիներից (xnocʻinericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | խնոցով, խնոցիով (xnocʻov, xnocʻiov) | խնոցիներով (xnocʻinerov) | ||
| locative | խնոցում, խնոցիում (xnocʻum, xnocʻium) | խնոցիներում (xnocʻinerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | խնոցին (xnocʻin) | խնոցիները/խնոցիներն (xnocʻinerə/xnocʻinern) | ||
| dative | խնոցուն (xnocʻun) | խնոցիներին (xnocʻinerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | խնոցիս (xnocʻis) | խնոցիներս (xnocʻiners) | ||
| dative | խնոցուս (xnocʻus) | խնոցիներիս (xnocʻineris) | ||
| ablative | խնոցուցս (xnocʻucʻs) | խնոցիներիցս (xnocʻinericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | խնոցովս, խնոցիովս (xnocʻovs, xnocʻiovs) | խնոցիներովս (xnocʻinerovs) | ||
| locative | խնոցումս, խնոցիումս (xnocʻums, xnocʻiums) | խնոցիներումս (xnocʻinerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | խնոցիդ (xnocʻid) | խնոցիներդ (xnocʻinerd) | ||
| dative | խնոցուդ (xnocʻud) | խնոցիներիդ (xnocʻinerid) | ||
| ablative | խնոցուցդ (xnocʻucʻd) | խնոցիներիցդ (xnocʻinericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | խնոցովդ, խնոցիովդ (xnocʻovd, xnocʻiovd) | խնոցիներովդ (xnocʻinerovd) | ||
| locative | խնոցումդ, խնոցիումդ (xnocʻumd, xnocʻiumd) | խնոցիներումդ (xnocʻinerumd) | ||
Derived terms
- խնոցաբան (xnocʻaban)
- խնոցիկ (xnocʻik)
- խնոցհան (xnocʻhan)
- խնոցհար (xnocʻhar)
Descendants
- → Northern Kurdish: xinûsî
- → Turkish: ḫeneç'i, heneçi, haneçi, hınısı, hınıs, henez, hınaça, ḫınıssı, ḫınıse, (possibly also) herece, herace (all dialectal)
- → Udi: хноцӏи (χnoc̣i)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խնոցի”, 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 350–351
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խնոցի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 955c
- Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, § 149, pages 82–83
- Bläsing, Uwe (2007) “Armenian in the vocabulary and culture of the Turkish Hemshinli”, in Hovann H. Simonian, editor, The Hemshin: History, society and identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (Peoples of the Caucasus), London and New York: Routledge, page 287
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xinûsî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 661
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 260, page 64
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խնոցի”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 296
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խնոցի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 342a
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