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მუხაჲ

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Northeast Caucasian language: compare Avar микк (mikk), Bats მუხ (mux), Hunzib мугь (muh), Dargwa миг (mig), Kryts мегь (meh), Udi маъхна ход (ma̱χna χod), Tsakhur мухъ (muq).[1]

Displaced the native term, *წყანი (*c̣q̇ani), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁q̇an-.

Noun

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მუხაჲ • (muxay)

  1. oak

Descendants

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  • Georgian: მუხა (muxa)

References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 213

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მუხაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 302
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