ვეფხი
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Mingrelian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Georgian ვეფხი (vepxi).
Noun
[edit]ვეფხი • (vepxi) (plural ვეფხეფი)
- Synonym of ჸილო (ʾilo, “tiger”)
Further reading
[edit]- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ვეფხი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 547
Old Georgian
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]ვეფხი • (vepxi)
Derived terms
[edit]- ვეფხისტყაოსანი (vepxisṭq̇aosani)
Descendants
[edit]- Georgian: ვეფხვი (vepxvi)
- → Bats: ვეფხ (vepx)
- → Bezhta: бебхи (bebxi)
- → Hinukh: бебхи (bebxi)
- → Hunzib: бевхи (bevxi), бебхи (bebxi)
- → Laz: ვეფხვი (vepxvi)
- → Mingrelian: ვეფხი (vepxi), ვემხი (vemxi), ვემხვი (vemxvi)
- → Svan: უ̂ეფხ (ûepx)
References
[edit]- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვეფხი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 157
- Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 330–331, compares to Ingush ферх (ferx)