ანჯახი

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آنجق (ancak).

Adverb

ანჯახი • (ancaxi) (Latin spelling ancaxi)

1. hardly, barely, only, at best

   ხოჯაჩქუნიქ ანჯახი თიმუში შენი იხვამენ.

   xocaçkunik ancaxi timuşi şeni ixvamen.

   Our hodja only prays for himself.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ancaxi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ანჯახ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi