ყაჭი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Akin to Persian کژ (kaž). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ყაჭი • (q̇ač̣i)

1. silk

   Synonyms: აბრეშუმი (abrešumi), მეტაქსი (meṭaksi)

Descendants

• Georgian: ყაჭი (q̇ač̣i, “boiled silkworm cocoon; silk; silkworm; silk thread”)
  • → Bats: ყაჭ (q̇ač̣)
  • → Laz: ყაჭი (qaç̌i)
  • → Mingrelian: ჸანჭი (ʾanč̣i)
    • → Abkhaz: а-ҟа́нҷ (a-qʼánčʼ)
  • → Svan: ყა̈ჭ (q̇äč̣)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ყაჭი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 465
• Marr, N. (1925) “По поводу русского слова "сало" в древнеармянском описании хазарской трапезы VII в. [Regarding the Russian word "сало" in a 7th century Old Armenian description of a Khazar meal]”, in Тексты и разыскания по кавказской филологии. Том 1 (in Russian), Leningrad: Academy Press, page 115 of 66–125