ოხორჯა

• ოხოჯჯა (oxocca) — Alternative spelling
• ხორძა (xorża) — Atina
• ოხორზა (oxorza) — Atina, Artasheni

Usually explained as ოხორი (oxori, “house”) +‎ ჯა (ca, “tree”), literally “tree of house” but It's consired as a folk etymology by Arnold Chikobava. Instead he derives it from Laz ოხორი (oxori, “house”) and Georgian რძალი (rʒali, “bride”). He supports his theory with plural of ოხორჯა (oxorca) is ოხორჯალეფე (oxorcalepe) rather than *ოხორჯაფე (*oxorcape). also having -ძ- (-ż-) explains the dialectal variations of the word. Chikobava also substantiates his thesis with other compound nouns made with ოხორი (oxori), declaring "kinship and social status": compare ოხრასქირი (oxraskiri), ოხრასურე (oxrasure) and ოხოჭკურა (oxoç̌ǩura). Note that Georgian რძალი (rʒali, “bride”) is not used in Laz.

ოხორჯა • (oxorca) (Latin spelling oxorca) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)

1. woman

   მესქურინერი ოჯაღი უმჩანე არ ოხორჯაქ ქოგამოგზამს

   meskurineri ocaği umçane ar oxorcak kogamogzams

   An ingenious and resourceful woman rekindles an extinct family

2. wife

   ოხორჯა-ჩქიმი აწი ვა-რენ

   oxorca-çkimi aǯi va-ren

   My wife is not here at the moment.

• Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2019) “oxorca / oxorža / oxorza / xorža”, in Lazoba: İrfan Çağatay Aleksiva'nin Lazlar ve Lazca üzerine fikir yazıları‎ (in Turkish), retrieved 2022-07-26
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “oxorca”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “ოხორჯა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 178
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოხორჯა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi