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ხარჭი

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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Together with the synonymous Old Armenian հարճ (harč) probably borrowed from Middle Iranian. See the Armenian entry for more.

For the Old Georgian (x) ~ Old Armenian հ (h) alternation Ačaṙean compares ხაშმი (xašmi) ~ հաշմ (hašm), ხარკი (xarḳi) ~ հարկ (hark), გლეხი (glexi) ~ գռեհ (gṙeh),[1] all Iranian borrowings.

Less likely borrowed from a Northeast Caucasian language, compare: Andi гьорчӏчӏи (horččʼi, female, wife) (← *гьоркӏкӏи (*horkkʼi)), Chamalal гьаш (haš, id.), Botlikh гьакки (hakki, id.), Tindi гьаккуй (hak̄uj, id.), Avar гӏоркӏкӏен (ʻorkkʼen, sheep),[2][3] all ultimately from Proto-Avaro-Andian *horḳ:ʷa-.[4]

Noun

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ხარჭი (xarč̣i)

  1. concubine

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Georgian: ხარჭა (xarč̣a) (obsolete)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1898) “Jaynabanutʻiwn (Lautlehre) vracʻerēn hayerēnicʻ pʻoxaṙeal baṙeri [The phonology of Georgian borrowings from Armenian]”, in Ararat (in Armenian), volume 31, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 368a
  2. ^ Gudava, Ṭogo (1954) “Kartul-xunʒuri leksiḳuri šexvedrebis šesaxeb [On Georgian-Avar lexical interactions]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 5, number 10, Tbilisi, page 703
  3. ^ Халилов, М. Ш. (2004) Грузинско-дагестанские языковые контакты [Georgian–Daghestanian linguistic contacts] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 229
  4. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*horḳ:ʷa-”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ხარჭი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 561a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[3] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 609
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ხარჭი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1566a