هودج

Uncertain origin, natively associated with ه د ج (h d j) with the senses of taking short steps, to waver when one walks, to walk like an elder person, to walk like one carrying a burden; a reference to a camel's strain. Possibly under influence of phono-semantic matching of Middle Persian (kwpk' /⁠kōfag⁠/, “saddle, the prominent parts at the front and rear of a saddle”), from Middle Persian (kwp /⁠kōf⁠/, “mountain, hill; hump”); cognate to Modern and Classical Persian کوهه (kōha, “hump; saddle