аӡахәа

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Abkhaz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Klimov and Xalilov explain as a native compound of words meaning "young (?)" + "coiling".

Martirosyan connects with Old Armenian ազոխ (azox, sour grapes).

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Noun

а-ӡахәа́ (a-dzaxʷá) (Abzhywa)

  1. grapevine (vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow)
  2. liana (climbing woody vine)
    Synonym: а-ҟарма́ (a-qʼarmá)

Derived terms

See also

  • ажь (, grape (fruit))

References

  1. ^ Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 46
  2. ^ Шакрыл, К. С. (1985) Л. П. Чкадуа, editor, Труды: Статьи и очерки по вопросам абхазского языка и фольклора (in Russian), Sukhumi: Alashara, page 11
  3. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 212
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 660, footnote 140

Further reading

  • Генко, А. Н. (1998) “аӡахәа”, in Абхазско-русский словарь , Sukhum: Alashara, page 102a
  • Джанашиа, Баграт (2010) К. В. Ломтатидзе, Т. И. Гванцеладзе, editors, Абхазская лексика виноградарства и виноделия (in Russian), Tbilisi: Intellect, § Часть I, Глава I, § 1, 1.1, explains as Old Georgian -ელ-ი (ʒ-el-i, tree) + ахәа (axʷa, curved), but this appears to be a folk etymology
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A., Džonwa, B. Gʲ. (2016) “”, in Awrəs–apswa ẑʷar / Русско–абхазский словарь, volumes I: А–М, Sukhum: Dom pečati, pages 139a, 699a
  • Клычев, Р. Н. (2000) Абазинский литературный язык: Поиски и находки (in Russian), Карачаевск: КЧГПУ, →ISBN, pages 35–36
  • Марр, Н. (1926) Абхазско-русский словарь, Ленинград: Издание Академии абхазского языка и литературы, page 116b