خوخ

See also: جوج‎ and جوخ‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic חוח‎ (ḥōḥ, “thornbush”), likely originally referring to the Prunus spinosa variety, more commonly known as blackthorn; cognates with Classical Syriac ܚܘܚܐ‎ (ḥōḥā) and Hebrew חוֹחַ‎ (ḥôaḥ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xawx/

Noun

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

a fruit of the genus prunus (plum, peach, apricot, cherry); often one sort in particular, but with regional differences
1. peach, peaches
  Synonym: دُرّاق‎ (durrāq)
2. (Syria) plum, plums
  Synonym: بَرْقُوق‎ (barqūq)

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْخ (ḵawḵ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	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)
Singulative	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
Paucal (3-10)	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

Descendants

Maltese: ħawħa
→ Amharic: ኮክ (kok)
→ Blin: ኮክ (kok)
→ Ge'ez: ኮክ (kok), ኮክሕ (kokəḥ), ኮክህ (kokəh)
→ 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
→ Sebat Bet Gurage: ኩክ (kuk)
→ Tigrinya: ኩኅ (kuḫ)
→ Tigre: ኮክ (kok)
→ Zazaki: xewx, xewxe

References

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

خوخ

Etymology

From Arabic خَوْخ‎ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxoːx/

Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m pl

(singular خوخة‎ ‎(ḵōḵa))

peach