خوخة

See also: جوجه

Arabic

Etymology 1

Singulative noun composed of خَوْخ (ḵawḵ, “peach; plum”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaw.xa/

Noun

خَوْخَة • (ḵawḵa) f (singulative, collective خَوْخ m (ḵawḵ))

singulative of خَوْخ (ḵawḵ)

Declension

Declension of noun **خَوْخَة** (ḵawḵa)
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوْخَة ḵawḵa	الْخَوْخَة al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَة ḵawḵat
nominative	خَوْخَةٌ ḵawḵatun	الْخَوْخَةُ al-ḵawḵatu	خَوْخَةُ ḵawḵatu
accusative	خَوْخَةً ḵawḵatan	الْخَوْخَةَ al-ḵawḵata	خَوْخَةَ ḵawḵata
genitive	خَوْخَةٍ ḵawḵatin	الْخَوْخَةِ al-ḵawḵati	خَوْخَةِ ḵawḵati
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوْخ ḵawḵ	الْخَوْخ al-ḵawḵ	خَوْخ ḵawḵ
nominative	خَوْخٌ ḵawḵun	الْخَوْخُ al-ḵawḵu	خَوْخُ ḵawḵu
accusative	خَوْخًا ḵawḵan	الْخَوْخَ al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَ ḵawḵa
genitive	خَوْخٍ ḵawḵin	الْخَوْخِ al-ḵawḵi	خَوْخِ ḵawḵi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوْخَتَيْن ḵawḵatayn	الْخَوْخَتَيْن al-ḵawḵatayn	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
nominative	خَوْخَتَانِ ḵawḵatāni	الْخَوْخَتَانِ al-ḵawḵatāni	خَوْخَتَا ḵawḵatā
accusative	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
genitive	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt	الْخَوْخَات al-ḵawḵāt	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt
nominative	خَوْخَاتٌ ḵawḵātun	الْخَوْخَاتُ al-ḵawḵātu	خَوْخَاتُ ḵawḵātu
accusative	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti
genitive	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti

Etymology 2

Most likely from Old South Arabian 𐩭𐩭 (ḫḫ) from which also Ge'ez ኆኅት (ḫoḫət, “door, gate, wall opening”), from which Amharic ኆኅት (ḫoḫət, “space between letters”); also found in Shehri ḫɔh, Mehri ḫā, Soqotri ḥe which there even replaced the Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”), and Biblical Hebrew חוֹחַ (ḥōaḥ, “crevice, fissure; bramble, thicket; hole, hiding place”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaw.xa/

Noun

خَوْخَة • (ḵawḵa) f (plural خُوَخ (ḵuwaḵ))

wicket, aperture
1. hatch, loophole, peephole (in a building’s wall)
  Synonyms: مَنْوَر (manwar), وَصْوَص (waṣwaṣ), وَصْْوَاص (waṣwāṣ), كَوَّة (kawwa), كُوَّة (kuwwa), ثُغْرَة (ṯuḡra)
2. sluice gate, canal lock (in a passage)

Declension

Declension of noun **خَوْخَة** (ḵawḵa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوْخَة ḵawḵa	الْخَوْخَة al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَة ḵawḵat
nominative	خَوْخَةٌ ḵawḵatun	الْخَوْخَةُ al-ḵawḵatu	خَوْخَةُ ḵawḵatu
accusative	خَوْخَةً ḵawḵatan	الْخَوْخَةَ al-ḵawḵata	خَوْخَةَ ḵawḵata
genitive	خَوْخَةٍ ḵawḵatin	الْخَوْخَةِ al-ḵawḵati	خَوْخَةِ ḵawḵati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوْخَتَيْن ḵawḵatayn	الْخَوْخَتَيْن al-ḵawḵatayn	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
nominative	خَوْخَتَانِ ḵawḵatāni	الْخَوْخَتَانِ al-ḵawḵatāni	خَوْخَتَا ḵawḵatā
accusative	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
genitive	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُوَخ ḵuwaḵ	الْخُوَخ al-ḵuwaḵ	خُوَخ ḵuwaḵ
nominative	خُوَخٌ ḵuwaḵun	الْخُوَخُ al-ḵuwaḵu	خُوَخُ ḵuwaḵu
accusative	خُوَخًا ḵuwaḵan	الْخُوَخَ al-ḵuwaḵa	خُوَخَ ḵuwaḵa
genitive	خُوَخٍ ḵuwaḵin	الْخُوَخِ al-ḵuwaḵi	خُوَخِ ḵuwaḵi

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 260
Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 51
Weninger, Stefan (2007) “Ethiopic Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
Weninger, Stefan (2009) “Der Jemen als lexikalisches Ausstrahlungszentrum in der Antike”, in Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica in memoriam Alexander Sima‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, →ISBN, page 405 Nr. 13

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xuː.xa/
Audio: (file)

Noun

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

singulative of خوخ (ḵūḵ)