ხაჭოჲ

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Georgian

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Noun

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ხაჭოჲ (xač̣oy)

  1. Tusheti form of ხაჭო (xač̣o)

Old Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Akin to Mingrelian ხაჭო (xač̣o). Perhaps an Abkhaz-Abaza borrowing, at times derived from the ancestor of Abkhaz а-хаҷа (a-xačʼa, cottage cheese) or, alternatively, from Abkhaz а-хырҵәы́ (a-xərcʷʼə́, literally sour milk).[1][2]

Noun

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ხაჭოჲ (xač̣oy)

  1. curd (part of milk that coagulates)
  2. quark (soft creamy cheese)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, page 59 of 25–76
  2. ^ Buḳia, Manana (2013) Teimuraz Gvancelaʒe, editor, Narḳvevebi kartvelur-apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merediani, →ISBN, page 212

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ხაჭო”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 561b
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ხაჭუა-ჲ/ხაჭო-ჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1577a