# ժախ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* ժա̈խ (žäx) — Vozm, dialectological notation

### Etymology

The origin is unknown. Found also in Middle Armenian ժախ-ուկ (žax-uk, “horseradish”). Dialectal ժախռ (žaxṙ, “weed”) may be related.

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ʒɑχ/, [ʒɑχ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ʒɑχ/, [ʒɑχ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

ժախ • (žax)
* (dialectal) horse fennel, Hippomarathrum
    Synonym: բոխի (boxi)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | ժախ (žax) | ժախեր (žaxer) |
| dative | ժախի (žaxi) | ժախերի (žaxeri) |
| ablative | ժախից (žaxicʻ) | ժախերից (žaxericʻ) |
| instrumental | ժախով (žaxov) | ժախերով (žaxerov) |
| locative | ժախում (žaxum) | ժախերում (žaxerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | ժախը/ժախն (žaxə/žaxn) | ժախերը/ժախերն (žaxerə/žaxern) |
| dative | ժախին (žaxin) | ժախերին (žaxerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | ժախս (žaxs) | ժախերս (žaxers) |
| dative | ժախիս (žaxis) | ժախերիս (žaxeris) |
| ablative | ժախիցս (žaxicʻs) | ժախերիցս (žaxericʻs) |
| instrumental | ժախովս (žaxovs) | ժախերովս (žaxerovs) |
| locative | ժախումս (žaxums) | ժախերումս (žaxerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | ժախդ (žaxd) | ժախերդ (žaxerd) |
| dative | ժախիդ (žaxid) | ժախերիդ (žaxerid) |
| ablative | ժախիցդ (žaxicʻd) | ժախերիցդ (žaxericʻd) |
| instrumental | ժախովդ (žaxovd) | ժախերովդ (žaxerovd) |
| locative | ժախումդ (žaxumd) | ժախերումդ (žaxerumd) |

#### Derived terms

* բոժախ (božax)

#### Descendants

* → Northern Kurdish: cax, çax, caxik (“Ferula”)
* → Turkish: çağ
* → Zazaki: jax

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ժախ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 388–389
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժախ”, 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 220b
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 464b
* Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “բոխ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 112a
* Асатрян, Г. (1987) “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 169
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ժախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 825a
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “բոխի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 161, page 17b
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ժախուկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 255b
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ժախ¹”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 152ab