ажакьа

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Abkhaz

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Šagirov, together with Abaza жакӏьа (žakʲʼa) and Ubykh жаакьа (ẑaakʲʼa, “beard”) a Circassian borrowing: compare Adyghe жакӏьэ (žakʲʼɛ), жакӏэ (žakʼɛ), Kabardian жьакӏэ (źakʼɛ). This is accepted by Klimov and Xalilov, who note that the borrowing is specifically from Adyghe *žāḳ’ā.

Chirikba takes the derivation one level deeper, reconstructing Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *žáḳ́a and deriving it from Proto-Circassian *žaḳ́a.

Noun

а-жа́кьа • (a-ẑákʲʼa)

  1. beard
    ижакьа ауишьҭит ― iẑakʲʼa awištitʼ ― he grew a beard
  2. (rare) moustache

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Mingrelian: ბჟაკე (bžaḳe)

References

  • 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 199
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 67
  • Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz‎, Leiden, page 92
  • Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 10, number 1, page 16 of 25–76
  • Генко, А. Н. (1998) “ажакьа”, in Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 88a
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005) “ажакьа”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary]‎, volumes 1: А–Н (overall work in Abkhaz and Russian), Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 382a of 713
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