მათრაჴი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ).

Noun

მათრაჴი • (matraqi)

1. whip

Descendants

• Georgian: მათრახი (matraxi)
  • → Armenian: մաթրախ (matʻrax)
  • → Mingrelian: მართახი (martaxi), მათრახი (matraxi)
  • → Svan: მათრა̈ხ (maträx)
• → Svan: მადრა̈ჴ (madräq), მჷდრა̈ჴ (mədräq), მჷრდა̈ჴ (mərdäq), მადრაჴ (madraq)

Further reading

• Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2001) “მათრაჴი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Old Georgian] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 104b
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “მათრაჴი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 600b