ժոխ

From Middle Armenian ժոխ (žox).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʒoχ/, [ʒoχ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʒoχ/, [ʒoχ]

ժոխ • (žox)

1. (Khotorjur) a kind of fruit of the genus Ribes, probably gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa or Ribes orientale; in Turkish called frenk üzümü

   Coordinate term: հաղարջ (haġarǰ)

2. (Hamshen) raspberry (fruit of Rubus idaeus)

   Synonym: ազնվամորի (aznvamori)

• ժոխենի (žoxeni)
• ժոխուտ (žoxut)

• ժոխուր (žoxur) / ժոխուռ (žoxuṙ)

• →? Laz: ზოღი (zoği, “blackberry”)
• →? Turkish: c'ox (Hamshen), söh (Van)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ժոխ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 393a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժոխ”, 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, page 232b
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ժոխ, ժուղ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 842, pages 203–204
• 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, § 24, page 34
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ժոխ”, 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 243
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ժոխ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 160b

• ժուղ (žuġ) — recorded in Haybusak, but the place of attestation is unknown

From Old Armenian *ժող- (*žoł-), reflected also in ժողվենի (žoġveni). Likely related to Middle Georgian ჟოლო (žolo, “raspberry”). The ultimate origin is uncertain.

ժոխ • (žox)

1. a kind of fruit, perhaps gooseberry or raspberry
   • 10th–13th centuries, Gagik-Hetʻumyan bžškaran [The Gagik–Hetoumian Medical Book]:^[1]

     թթու ժոխ եւ կաղամբ եփած ոսբօմ եւ կորեկ սմինտր եփած եւ ի ներքu քացախ

     tʻtʻu žox ew kaġamb epʻac osbōm ew korek smintr epʻac ew i nerkʻu kʻacʻax

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• ժողվենի (žoġveni)

• Armenian: ժոխ (žox)
  • →? Laz: ზოღი (zoği, “blackberry”)
  • →? Turkish: c'ox (Hamshen), söh (Van)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժոխ”, 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, page 232b, unknown origin
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ժոխ, ժուղ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 842, pages 203–204
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ժոխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 282a, unknown origin