ცახი

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ჩახი (čaxi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ցախ (cʻax).

Noun

ცახი • (caxi) (plural ცახები)

1. (obsolete) twigs put near a silkworm, on which it starts spinning its silk cocoon

References

• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ცახი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press