Talk:მოგჳ

Etymology

I think this is directly from Middle Persian mgw (moγu), which is a loanword from Avestan 𐬨𐬋𐬖𐬎 (mōγu) (as opposed to the moγ form, which is from Old Persian), unless this is from the genitive մոգու (mogu). --Z 14:57, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Possibly. But I wonder why Georgian did not use ღ (ɣ) for rendering Iranian /γ/. Borrowing via Armenian would explain that: Classical Armenian did not have a /γ/ sound. Genitive մոգու (mogu) shows that the Armenian word is an u-stem մոգու- (mogu-). Georgian may preserve the original stem of Armenian. There are other examples, e.g. ერდო (erdo), ბურდო (burdo). --Vahag (talk) 17:50, 19 September 2013 (UTC)