ხარგა

Georgian

Etymology 1

From Persian خرگاه (xargâh).

Noun

ხარგა • (xarga) (plural ხარგები)

1. (archaic) felt tent

See also

• ფაცხა (pacxa)
• ქოხი (koxi)

References

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ხარგა1”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ხარგა”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ხარგა”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: Garnett Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *xarg-. Doublet of ხერგი (xergi).

Noun

ხარგა • (xarga) (plural ხარგები)

1. (Upper Imereti) heap
2. (Imereti, Lechkhumi) hen threaded on a wooden skewer

Related terms

• ხარგალი (xargali, “fenced-in yard, cattle pen”) (Kartli, Pshavi), ხარგალალა (xargalala, “paddock”) (Kartli)

Descendants

• → Laz: ხარგა (xarga)

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ხარგა2”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 677–678, unaware of the form ხარგ- (xarg-)