ჟიშხე

Svan

Alternative forms

• ჟი̄შხა (žīšxa)

Etymology

By deaffrication from *ჯიჩხე (*ǯičxe), from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ic₁x-.

Noun

ჟიშხე • (žišxe) (plural ჟიშხოლ)

1. a kind of long three or four pronged stick used for mixing or whisking

Further reading

• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ჟიშხე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 250a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჟიშხე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1535