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Abkhaz
Etymology
From Mingrelian კალმახა (ḳalmaxa) and Georgian კალმახი (ḳalmaxi), ultimately from Old Armenian կարմրախայտ (karmraxayt).
Noun
а-калма́ҳа • (a-kʼalmáḥa)
- trout
- (figuratively) attractive, slender person
References
- Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 139
- Марр, Н. (1926) “a-kalmàħ”, in Абхазско-русский словарь, 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 (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4) (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 11