ხორხაფი
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Mingrelian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qa(r)q-. Cognate with Old Georgian ჴაჴ-ვ-ა (qaq-v-a, “to scratch”), Georgian ხახუნი (xaxuni, “rubbing”).
Note also Old Armenian խարխափեմ (xarxapʻem).
Verb[edit]
ხორხაფი • (xorxapi)
- to rub against something
References[edit]
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 700–701
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ხორხი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 407a, deriving from ხორხი (xorxi, “saw”)