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ფაცხა

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Abkhaz абыцаҟьа (abəcaqʲʼa).

Noun

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ფაცხა (pacxa)

  1. (Western Georgia, Chveneburi) wattled hut
  2. (Imereti) small basket put on the stone in the mill, into which maize pours from the box

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Laz

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Abkhaz абыцаҟьа (abəcaqʲʼa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰɑt͡sxɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ფაც‧ხა

Noun

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ფაცხა (paʒxa) (plural ფაცხაფე, Latin spelling paʒxa)

  1. (dialectal, Atina) Wooden hut for temporary storage of grass on mown areas
    Synonyms: მერზე (merze), ბაგენი (bageni)
    დოღანის ვასილითის ჟურ კორეცხალა ფაცხა უღუნ
    doğanis vasilitis jur ǩoreʒxala paʒxa uğun
    Doghan has two one-floor, one-room huts in Vasiliti. (Vasiliti, the name of the place given to the highest neighborhood away from the residential area)
  2. (dialectal, Vizha, VitseArkabi) makeshift wooden hut
    მუ გომსქიმეჲი გულუნ დო ოხორი ფაცხა უღუნ
    mu gomskimeyi gulun do oxori paʒxa uğun
    S/he dresses very stylishly herself/himself, but her/his house is a like hut
  3. (VitseArkabi) multi spaced basket, leaf basket
    ნთხირეფუნას ნა-ფქოსუმტით ჩაჩი ფაცხათე ბზდიმტით
    ntxirepunas na-pkosumťit çaçi paʒxate bzdimťit
    We used to carry the dry leaves that we swept in the hazelnut grove with a basket

Usage notes

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  • The ფაცხა (paʒxa) basket is a cylindrical vessel with many spaces (with holes of about 5 x 10 cm) and cylindrical in size, about 1.5 x 1 m. With this, dry leaves are swept from the forest areas or under the hazelnuts, and these leaves are laid under the cows in the barn so that the cows can sleep comfortably and to be used as fertilizer after.

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Mingrelian

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Etymology

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From Abkhaz абыцаҟьа (abəcaqʲʼa).[1]

Noun

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ფაცხა (pacxa)

  1. hut

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References

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  1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, pages 46–47