ამხანაგი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian *ham-xānag, from [Term?] (/⁠ham-⁠/, together) +‎ 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 (BYTA /⁠xānag⁠/, house). Compare also Mingrelian აფხანაკი (apxanaḳi) and Svan აფხნეგ (apxneg).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /amxanaɡi/, [amχanaɡi]
  • Hyphenation: ამ‧ხა‧ნა‧გი

Noun[edit]

ამხანაგი (amxanagi) (plural ამხანაგები)

  1. comrade, fellow, mate
  2. (history) A common word used to address countrymen in the period of USSR (male or female)

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Mingrelian: აფხანაკი (apxanaḳi)

References[edit]

  • Deeters, Gerhard (1963) “Die kaukasischen Sprachen”, in Armenisch und kaukasische Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 7) (in German), mit Beiträgen von G. Deeters, G. R. Solta, Vahan Inglisian, Leiden, Köln: E. J. Brill, page 33