ажакьа
Abkhaz
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Šagirov, together with Abaza жакӏьа (žakʲʼa) and Ubykh жакӏьэ (ẑakʼʔʲe, “beard”) a Circassian borrowing: compare Adyghe жакӏьэ (žakʲʼɛ), жакӏэ (žakʼɛ), Kabardian жьакӏэ (źakʼɛ). This is accepted by Klimov and Xalilov, who note that the borrowing is specifically from Adyghe *žāḳ’ā.
Chirikba takes the derivation one level deeper, reconstructing Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *žā́ḳ̍ā and deriving it from Proto-Circassian *žāḳ’ā.
Noun
а-жа́кьа • (a-ẑákʲʼa)
Synonyms
- аҧаҵа (apacʼa)
Descendants
- Mingrelian: ბჟაკე (bžaḳe)
References
- Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages][1] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 199
- Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 67
- Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz[2], Leiden, page 92
- Генко, А. Н. (1998) “ажакьа”, in Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 88a
- Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005) “ажакьа”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary][3], volumes 1: А–Н (overall work in Abkhaz and Russian), Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 382a of 713
Categories:
- Abkhaz terms borrowed from Circassian languages
- Abkhaz terms derived from Circassian languages
- Abkhaz terms borrowed from Adyghe
- Abkhaz terms derived from Adyghe
- Abkhaz terms inherited from Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza
- Abkhaz terms derived from Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza
- Abkhaz terms derived from Proto-Circassian
- Abkhaz lemmas
- Abkhaz nouns
- Abkhaz terms with usage examples
- Abkhaz terms with rare senses