ჴოჴობი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *qoqob-, which is probably Onomatopoeic in origin. Ancient Greek sources mention the abundance of pheasants in Kingdom of Colchis.

Svan ჴოჴუ̂ებ (qoqûeb) might be borrowed from Georgian.

Noun

ჴოჴობი • (qoqobi)

  1. pheasant

Descendants

  • Georgian: ხოხობი (xoxobi)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 720
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 341
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 709
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჴოჴობი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi)‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 570
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