խլեզ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- խըլէզնը (xəlēznə), խըլազնը (xəlaznə) – Karabakh, dialectological notation
- խլէզ (xlēz) – traditional orthography spelling
Etymology
From Middle Armenian խլէզ (xlēz).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [χəˈlɛz]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [χəˈlɛz]
Noun
խլեզ • (xlez)
- lizard
- Synonym: մողես (mołes)
- (dialectal) slug
- Synonym: շողուկ (šołuk)
- Coordinate term: խխունջ (xxunǰ)
- (dialectal, figuratively) worthless person
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խլեզ (xlez) | խլեզներ (xlezner) | ||
| dative | խլեզի (xlezi) | խլեզների (xlezneri) | ||
| ablative | խլեզից (xlezicʿ) | խլեզներից (xleznericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | խլեզով (xlezov) | խլեզներով (xleznerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | խլեզը/խլեզն (xlezə/xlezn) | խլեզները/խլեզներն (xleznerə/xleznern) | ||
| dative | խլեզին (xlezin) | խլեզներին (xleznerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | խլեզս (xlezs) | խլեզներս (xlezners) | ||
| dative | խլեզիս (xlezis) | խլեզներիս (xlezneris) | ||
| ablative | խլեզիցս (xlezicʿs) | խլեզներիցս (xleznericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | խլեզովս (xlezovs) | խլեզներովս (xleznerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | խլեզդ (xlezd) | խլեզներդ (xleznerd) | ||
| dative | խլեզիդ (xlezid) | խլեզներիդ (xleznerid) | ||
| ablative | խլեզիցդ (xlezicʿd) | խլեզներիցդ (xleznericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | խլեզովդ (xlezovd) | խլեզներովդ (xleznerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- խլեզախորով (xlezaxorov)
Descendants
- → Turkish: helez, hıliz, hilez, ḫıllez, ḫelez[1][2][3]
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913) , “խլէզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 470a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) , “խլեզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 373a
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002) , “խլեզ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 328–329
References
- Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, § 146, page 81
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 250, pages 62–63
- Eren, Hasan (1999) , “helez”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 176