ხომ

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χom]
• Hyphenation: ხომ

Particle

ხომ • (xom)

1. Used when the response is expected to be confirmative. It is not used with the interrogative pronouns, adjectives or adverbs.

   ხომ ასეა? ― xom asea? ― is it not?

   ხომ არ გაგიგონია? ― xom ar gagigonia? ― have you heard?

   ხომ არ დაიკარგა? ― xom ar daiḳarga? ― isn't he lost?

Descendants

• Armenian: խոմ (xom)

See also

• განა (gana)
• ხომ არ (xom ar)

References

• Kankava, Mixail (1965) “ხომ”, in Kratkij gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [A Concise Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Tbilisi: Ganatleba