خاو

Arabic

Root
خ و ي (ḵ w y)
3 terms

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))

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
Dual	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)

raw, uncooked

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

حاو (hav), هاو (hav)

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)

fuzz, down

Derived terms

خاولی (havlu)

Descendants

Turkish: hav
→ Persian: خاو (xâv)

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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 530b
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hav1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük