Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
you have here. The definition of the word
will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Abkhaz
Etymology
Probably ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bádHr̥, possibly via Old Armenian բահ (bah).
Pronunciation
Noun
а-баҳа • (a-baḥa) (pl абаҳақәа) (Abzhywa)
- shovel
- Synonym: ажыга (aẑəga) — Bzyb
Further reading
- Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка [The Bzyb Dialect of Abkhaz], Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 203, derives from Mingrelian *ბეჰა (*beha), ultimately derives from Armenian բահ (bah)
- Abdokov, A. I. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 41, connects with Kabardian бэлагъ (bɛlağ), Abaza блахъ (blaq)
- Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 74, considers it to be unrelated to Kabardian бэлагъ (bɛlağ), Abaza блахъ (blaq)
- Buḳia, Manana (2016) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul-kartveluri enobrivi šexvedrebi [Circassian-Kartvelian linguistic interactions] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, →ISBN, pages 32–33, summarizes all of the above