ზუთხი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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Perhaps akin to Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (fish).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zutʰxi/, [zutʰχi]
  • Hyphenation: ზუ‧თხი

Noun

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ზუთხი (zutxi) (plural ზუთხები)

  1. sturgeon

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: զութխի (zutʻxi) (Tbilisi)
  • ? Mingrelian: ზინთხუ (zintxu)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Джаукян, Г. Б. (1967) Взаимоотношение индоевропейских, хурритско-урартских и кавказских языков [The interrelationship of Indo-European, Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian languages] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 81
  2. ^ Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 178–180