ხაჭოჲ
Georgian
[edit]Noun
[edit]ხაჭოჲ • (xač̣oy)
Old Georgian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ხაჭუაჲ (xač̣uay)
Etymology
[edit]Akin to Mingrelian ხაჭო (xač̣o). Perhaps an Abkhaz-Abaza borrowing, at times derived from the ancestor of Abkhaz а-хаҷа (a-xačʼa, “cottage cheese”) or, alternatively, from Abkhaz а-хырҵәы́ (a-xərcʷʼə́, literally “sour milk”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ხაჭოჲ • (xač̣oy)
Descendants
[edit]- Georgian: ხაჭო (xač̣o), ღაჭო (ɣač̣o), ღაჭოჲ (ɣač̣oy) — Kakheti, Ingilo, ხაჭოჲ (xač̣oy) — Tusheti, ხაჭვა (xač̣va) — Racha
References
[edit]- ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, page 59 of 25–76
- ^ Buḳia, Manana (2013) Teimuraz Gvancelaʒe, editor, Narḳvevebi kartvelur-apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merediani, →ISBN, page 212
Further reading
[edit]- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ხაჭო”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 561b
- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ხაჭუა-ჲ/ხაჭო-ჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1577a