аӡахәа
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Abkhaz[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Klimov and Xalilov explain as a native compound of words meaning "young (?)" + "coiling".[3]
Martirosyan connects with Old Armenian ազոխ (azox, “sour grapes”).[4]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
а-ӡахәа́ • (a-dzaxʷá) (Abzhywa)
- grapevine (vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow)
- liana (climbing woody vine)
- Synonym: а-ҟарма́ (a-qʼarmá)
Derived terms[edit]
- аӡахәаҭра (adzaxʷatra, “vineyard”)
- Аӡахәаҭра (Adzaxʷatra, toponym)
- а́бнаӡахәа (ábnadzaxʷa), аҵысӡахәа́ (acʼəsdzaxʷá, “wild grapevine”)
- аҵысӡахәа (acʼəsdzaxʷa, “a grapevine variety”)
- аалмышәӡахәа (aalməŝʷdzaxʷa, “liana”)
- аӡахәа́аӡара (adzaxʷáadzara, “viticulture”)
- аӡахәа́аӡаҩ (adzaxʷáadzajʷ, “viticulturist, winegrower”)
- аӡахәа́маҵә (adzaxʷámacʷʼ)
- аӡахәа́бжьанда (adzaxʷábžanda, “a vine that spreads from one tree to another”)
- аӡахәарқьақьа (adzaxʷarkʲakʲa)
- аӡахәа́тә (adzaxʷátʷʼ)
- аӡахәа́цҳа (adzaxʷácḥa)
See also[edit]
- ажь (až, “grape (fruit)”)
References[edit]
- ^ Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка [The Bzyb Dialect of Abkhaz][1], Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 46
- ^ Шакрыл, К. С. (1985) Л. П. Чкадуа, editor, Труды: Статьи и очерки по вопросам абхазского языка и фольклора [Works: Articles and essays on Abkhaz language and folklore][2] (in Russian), Sukhumi: Alashara, page 11
- ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 212
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 660, footnote 140
Further reading[edit]
- Генко, А. Н. (1998) “аӡахәа”, in Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 102a
- Джанашиа, Баграт (2010) К. В. Ломтатидзе, Т. И. Гванцеладзе, editors, Абхазская лексика виноградарства и виноделия [Abkhaz vocabulary of viticulture and winemaking][3] (in Russian), Tbilisi: Intellect, § Часть I, Глава I, § 1, 1.1, explains as Old Georgian ძ-ელ-ი (ʒ-el-i, “tree”) + ахәа (axʷa, “curved”), but this appears to be a folk etymology
- Kʼaslandzja, V. A., Džonwa, B. Gʲ. (2016) “”, in Awrəs–apswa ẑʷar / Русско–абхазский словарь [Russian–Abkhaz Dictionary][4], volumes I: А–М, Sukhum: Dom pečati, pages 139a, 699a
- Клычев, Р. Н. (2000) Абазинский литературный язык: Поиски и находки[5] (in Russian), Карачаевск: КЧГПУ, →ISBN, pages 35–36
- Марр, Н. (1926) Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary][6], Ленинград: Издание Академии абхазского языка и литературы, page 116b