абаҳа

Abkhaz

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bádHr̥, possibly via Old Armenian բահ (bah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [abaħa]

Noun

а-баҳа • (a-baḥa) (pl абаҳақәа) (Abzhywa)

1. shovel

   Synonym: ажыга (aẑəga) — Bzyb

Further reading

• Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка [The Bzyb Dialect of Abkhaz]‎^[1], Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 203, derives from Mingrelian *ბეჰა (*beha), ultimately derives from Armenian բահ (bah)
• Abdokov, A. I. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages]‎^[2] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 41, connects with Kabardian бэлагъ (bɛlağ), Abaza блахъ (blaq)
• Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎^[3] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 74, considers it to be unrelated to Kabardian бэлагъ (bɛlağ), Abaza блахъ (blaq)
• Buḳia, Manana (2016) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul-kartveluri enobrivi šexvedrebi [Circassian-Kartvelian linguistic interactions] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, →ISBN, pages 32–33, summarizes all of the above