# خوخ
## Arabic
### Etymology

From Aramaic חוֹחַא (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), likely originally referring to the Prunus spinosa variety, commonly known as blackthorn; cognates with Classical Syriac ܚܘܚܐ (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), and Hebrew חוֹחַ (ḥōaḥ, “thornbush”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חָחָא / חָאחָא (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”), Classical Syriac ܚܲܚܵܐ (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”). Possibly an ancient Turkic borrowing, belonging to the family of Azerbaijani göyəm (“sloe”) (see there for more Turkic).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xawx/

### Noun

خَوْخ • (ḵawḵ) m (collective, singulative خَوْخَة f (ḵawḵa))
* a fruit of the genus Prunus (plum, peach, apricot, cherry); often one sort in particular, but with regional differences
** peach, peaches
    Synonyms: (Levant) دُرّاق (durrāq), (Southwest Arabia, Al-Andalus) فِرْسِك (firsik), (Mauritania, Western Sahara) بَرْقُوق (barqūq)
** (Syria, Jordan, Oman) plum, plums
    Synonyms: بَرْقُوق (barqūq), (Al-Andalus, Iraq) إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ), (Tunisia, Libya, Al-Andalus) عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar), (Al-Andalus) عَبْقَر (ʕabqar)

#### Descendants

* Maltese: ħawħ
* → Amharic: ኮክ (kok)
* → Blin: ኮክ (kok)
* → Ge'ez: ኮክ (kok), ኮክሕ (kokəḥ), ኮክህ (kokəh), ኆኅ (ḫoḫ), ኆህ (ḫoh)
* → Harari: ኁኂ (ḫūḫi)
* Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: xox
    → Central Kurdish: قۆخ (qox), کۆخ (kox)
    → Southern Kurdish: قووخ (qûx), کووخ (kûx)
* → Middle Armenian: խոխ (xox)
* → Saho: kak
* → Gurage: ኩክ (kuk)
* → Tigre: ኮክ (kok)
* → Tigrinya: ኩኽ (kux)
* → Zazaki: xewx, xox

### References

* Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 100
* Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 280
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxoːx/, [ˈxo̞ːx]

#### Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة f (ḵōḵa))
* peach

##### See also

* بخارى (buḵāra, “plum”)
* مشمش (mišmiš, “apricot”)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic خَوَّخَ (ḵawwaḵa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxaw.wax/

#### Verb

خوخ • (ḵawwaḵ) II (non-past يخوخ (yiḵawwiḵ), verbal noun تَخْوِيخ (taḵwīḵ), passive participle مُخَوِّخ (muḵawwiḵ))
* to hollow out
* to decay, to rot

##### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xuːx/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

خوخ • (ḵūḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة f (ḵūḵa), paucal خوخات (ḵūḵāt))
* peaches

### Etymology 2

From Arabic خَوَّخَ (ḵawwaḵa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xaw.wax/

#### Verb

خوخ • (ḵawwaḵ) II (non-past يخوخ (yḵawwaḵ), verbal noun تخواخ (taḵwāḵ), passive participle مخوخ (mḵawwaḵ))
* to hollow out
* to decay, to rot

##### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xoːx/, [xoːx]
* Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

### Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة f (ḵōḵe), paucal خوخات (ḵōḵāt))
* (uncountable) peaches
    حبة خوخ / خوخة ― ḥabbet ḵōḵ / ḵōḵe ― a peach
* (uncountable, regional) plums
    Synonyms: برقوق (barʔūʔ), (Galilee) بروميا (brūmya)