خاو

Arabic
Root
خ و ي (ḵ-w-y)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb خَوَى (ḵawā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xaː.win/

Adjective

خَاوٍ • (ḵāwin) (informal خَاوِي (ḵāwī), feminine خَاوِيَة (ḵāwiya), masculine plural خَاوُونَ (ḵāwūna) or خُوَاة (ḵuwāh), feminine plural خَاوِيَات (ḵāwiyāt))

  1. active participle of خَوَى (ḵawā) and خَوِيَ (ḵawiya): empty, devoid, desolate, not saturated with anything
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل, أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 12:
      ومعدتي خاوية ليس فيها ما أتقيّأه
      In my empty stomach there was nothing to vomit.

Declension
Declension of adjective خَاوٍ (ḵāwin)
Singular Masculine Feminine
singular triptote in ـٍ (-in) singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal خَاوِي
ḵāwī		 الْخَاوِي
al-ḵāwī		 خَاوِيَة
ḵāwiya		 الْخَاوِيَة
al-ḵāwiya
Nominative خَاوٍ
ḵāwin		 الْخَاوِي
al-ḵāwī		 خَاوِيَةٌ
ḵāwiyatun		 الْخَاوِيَةُ
al-ḵāwiyatu
Accusative خَاوِيًا
ḵāwiyan		 الْخَاوِيَ
al-ḵāwiya		 خَاوِيَةً
ḵāwiyatan		 الْخَاوِيَةَ
al-ḵāwiyata
Genitive خَاوٍ
ḵāwin		 الْخَاوِي
al-ḵāwī		 خَاوِيَةٍ
ḵāwiyatin		 الْخَاوِيَةِ
al-ḵāwiyati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal خَاوِيَيْن
ḵāwiyayn		 الْخَاوِيَيْن
al-ḵāwiyayn		 خَاوِيَتَيْن
ḵāwiyatayn		 الْخَاوِيَتَيْن
al-ḵāwiyatayn
Nominative خَاوِيَانِ
ḵāwiyāni		 الْخَاوِيَانِ
al-ḵāwiyāni		 خَاوِيَتَانِ
ḵāwiyatāni		 الْخَاوِيَتَانِ
al-ḵāwiyatāni
Accusative خَاوِيَيْنِ
ḵāwiyayni		 الْخَاوِيَيْنِ
al-ḵāwiyayni		 خَاوِيَتَيْنِ
ḵāwiyatayni		 الْخَاوِيَتَيْنِ
al-ḵāwiyatayni
Genitive خَاوِيَيْنِ
ḵāwiyayni		 الْخَاوِيَيْنِ
al-ḵāwiyayni		 خَاوِيَتَيْنِ
ḵāwiyatayni		 الْخَاوِيَتَيْنِ
al-ḵāwiyatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh) sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal خَاوِين‎; خُوَاة
ḵāwīn‎; ḵuwāt		 الْخَاوِين‎; الْخُوَاة
al-ḵāwīn‎; al-ḵuwāt		 خَاوِيَات
ḵāwiyāt		 الْخَاوِيَات
al-ḵāwiyāt
Nominative خَاوُونَ‎; خُوَاةٌ
ḵāwūna‎; ḵuwātun		 الْخَاوُونَ‎; الْخُوَاةُ
al-ḵāwūna‎; al-ḵuwātu		 خَاوِيَاتٌ
ḵāwiyātun		 الْخَاوِيَاتُ
al-ḵāwiyātu
Accusative خَاوِينَ‎; خُوَاةً
ḵāwīna‎; ḵuwātan		 الْخَاوِينَ‎; الْخُوَاةَ
al-ḵāwīna‎; al-ḵuwāta		 خَاوِيَاتٍ
ḵāwiyātin		 الْخَاوِيَاتِ
al-ḵāwiyāti
Genitive خَاوِينَ‎; خُوَاةٍ
ḵāwīna‎; ḵuwātin		 الْخَاوِينَ‎; الْخُوَاةِ
al-ḵāwīna‎; al-ḵuwāti		 خَاوِيَاتٍ
ḵāwiyātin		 الْخَاوِيَاتِ
al-ḵāwiyāti

Descendants
  • Moroccan Arabic: خاوي (ḵāwi)

Central Kurdish
Northern Kurdish xav

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HaHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (“raw, uncooked”).

Adjective

خاو (xaw)

  1. raw, uncooked

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps the same word as قاو (kav, “tinder, punk”), imagining the tinder conk or another porous material as a soft fuzz hanging around. Cognate with Azerbaijani xov (“nap, pile”). Synonymous Middle Armenian խաւ (xaw), Georgian ხაო (xao), Ossetian хау (xaw) / хауӕ (xawæ) and Udi ха (χa, “wool”) then are earlier Turkic borrowings. But if the 5th century Old Armenian խաւ (xaw, “layer”) is the same word, a Turkic origin is impossible.

Noun

خاو • (hav)

  1. fuzz, down

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 147
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաւ”, 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 350ab
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 60 Nr. 231
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خاو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 530b
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hav1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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