خوخة

See also: جوجه‎

Arabic

خَوْخَة

Etymology 1

Singulative noun composed of خَوْخ‎ (ḵawḵ, “peach; plum”) +‎ ـَة‎ (-a).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaw.xa/

Noun

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

singulative of خَوْخ‎ (ḵawḵ)
(vulgar) gash, fanny

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa)

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
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
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

Etymology 2

خَوْخَة

Most likely from Old South Arabian 𐩭𐩭‎ from which also Ge'ez ኆኅት (ḫoḫət, “door, gate, wall opening”), from which Amharic ኆኅት (ḫoḫət, “space between letters”); also found in Shehri ḫɔh, Mehri ḫā, Soqotri ḥe which there even replaced the Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”), and Biblical Hebrew חוֹחַ‎ (ḥōaḥ, “crevice, fissure; bramble, thicket; hole, hiding place”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaw.xa/

Noun

خَوْخَة • (ḵawḵa) f (plural خُوَخ‎ (ḵuwaḵ))

wicket, aperture
1. hatch, loophole, peephole (in a building’s wall)
  Synonyms: مَنْوَر‎ (manwar), وَصْوَص‎ (waṣwaṣ), وَصْْوَاص‎ (waṣwāṣ), كَوَّة‎ (kawwa), كُوَّة‎ (kuwwa), ثُغْرَة‎ (ṯuḡra)
2. sluice gate, canal lock (in a passage)

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُوَخ‎ ḵuwaḵ	الْخُوَخ‎ al-ḵuwaḵ	خُوَخ‎ ḵuwaḵ
Nominative	خُوَخٌ‎ ḵuwaḵun	الْخُوَخُ‎ al-ḵuwaḵu	خُوَخُ‎ ḵuwaḵu
Accusative	خُوَخًا‎ ḵuwaḵan	الْخُوَخَ‎ al-ḵuwaḵa	خُوَخَ‎ ḵuwaḵa
Genitive	خُوَخٍ‎ ḵuwaḵin	الْخُوَخِ‎ al-ḵuwaḵi	خُوَخِ‎ ḵuwaḵi

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 260
Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 51
Weninger, Stefan (2007), “Ethiopic Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

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