მუქთა-ხორა

Mingrelian

Etymology

Borrowed through Georgian მუქთახორა (muktaxora) from Persian مفت خوار (moft-xvâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmukʰtʰa ˈxɔra/
• Hyphenation: მუქ‧თა‧ხო‧რა

Noun

მუქთა-ხორა • (mukta-xora)

1. parasite, idler, loafer, grifter

Usage notes

• This word by value closer to дармоед (darmojed).

References

• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მუქთა-ხორა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press