# ժոխ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Middle Armenian ժոխ (žox).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ʒoχ/, [ʒoχ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ʒoχ/, [ʒoχ]

### Noun

ժոխ • (žox)
* (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)
* (Hamshen) raspberry (fruit of Rubus idaeus)
    Synonym: ազնվամորի (aznvamori)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | ժոխ (žox) | ժոխեր (žoxer) |
| dative | ժոխի (žoxi) | ժոխերի (žoxeri) |
| ablative | ժոխից (žoxicʻ) | ժոխերից (žoxericʻ) |
| instrumental | ժոխով (žoxov) | ժոխերով (žoxerov) |
| locative | ժոխում (žoxum) | ժոխերում (žoxerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | ժոխը/ժոխն (žoxə/žoxn) | ժոխերը/ժոխերն (žoxerə/žoxern) |
| dative | ժոխին (žoxin) | ժոխերին (žoxerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | ժոխս (žoxs) | ժոխերս (žoxers) |
| dative | ժոխիս (žoxis) | ժոխերիս (žoxeris) |
| ablative | ժոխիցս (žoxicʻs) | ժոխերիցս (žoxericʻs) |
| instrumental | ժոխովս (žoxovs) | ժոխերովս (žoxerovs) |
| locative | ժոխումս (žoxums) | ժոխերումս (žoxerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | ժոխդ (žoxd) | ժոխերդ (žoxerd) |
| dative | ժոխիդ (žoxid) | ժոխերիդ (žoxerid) |
| ablative | ժոխիցդ (žoxicʻd) | ժոխերիցդ (žoxericʻd) |
| instrumental | ժոխովդ (žoxovd) | ժոխերովդ (žoxerovd) |
| locative | ժոխումդ (žoxumd) | ժոխերումդ (žoxerumd) |

#### Derived terms

* ժոխենի (žoxeni)
* ժոխուտ (žoxut)

#### Related terms

* ժոխուր (žoxur) / ժոխուռ (žoxuṙ)

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

* 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

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Noun

ժոխ • (žox)
* a kind of fruit, perhaps gooseberry or raspberry
** 10th–13th centuries, Gagik-Hetʻumyan bžškaran [The Gagik–Hetoumian Medical Book] :թթու ժոխ եւ կաղամբ եփած ոսբօմ եւ կորեկ սմինտր եփած եւ ի ներքu քացախtʻtʻu žox ew kaġamb epʻac osbōm ew korek smintr epʻac ew i nerkʻu kʻacʻax

#### Related terms

* ժողվենի (žoġveni)

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ 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

### Further reading

* 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