акалмаҳа

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Abkhaz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mingrelian კალმახა (ḳalmaxa) and Georgian კალმახი (ḳalmaxi), ultimately from Old Armenian կարմրախայտ (karmraxayt).

Noun

а-калма́ҳа (a-kʼalmáḥa)

  1. trout
  2. (figuratively) attractive, slender person

References

  • Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка [The Bzyb Dialect of Abkhaz]‎, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 139
  • Марр, Н. (1926) “a-kalmàħ”, in Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary]‎, Ленинград: Издание Академии абхазского языка и литературы, page 44a
  • Schmidt, Gustav (1950) “Abchasische Lehnwortstudien”, in Studia Orientalia (in German), volume 14, Helsinki, page 18
  • Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎ (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 11