ხოშკა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ხოჩქა (xoçka) — Vitse
• ხორშა (xorşa) — Arkabi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan, for which Čuxua reconstructs *xaš-ar-, assuming loss of რ (r). Cognate with Georgian ხაშარი (xašari). Note that *a is preserved in Zan only in word-final positions, thus this reconstruction requires the loss of რ (r) to have happened very early on. As such, a more straightforward reconstruction is simply *xaš-, with different suffixes in Laz and Georgian.

Doublet of ხაშარი (xaşari).

Noun

ხოშკა • (xoşǩa) (plural ხოშკაფე, Latin spelling xoşǩa) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)

1. pole

   Synonyms: ხაჯკეტი (xacǩeťi), ხაშარი (xaşari)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2019) Manana Mač̣avariani, Manana Buḳia, editors, Georgian–Circassian–Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (expanded edition)‎^[1], Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 609

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xoşk'a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[2] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხოშკა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi