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Mingrelian
Etymology
Borrowed through Georgian მუქთახორა (muktaxora) from Persian مفت خوار (moft-xvâr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmukʰtʰa ˈxɔra/
- Hyphenation: მუქ‧თა‧ხო‧რა
Noun
მუქთა-ხორა • (mukta-xora)
- parasite, idler, loafer, grifter
Usage notes
- This word by value closer to дармоед (darmojed).
References
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მუქთა-ხორა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press