ҭохҭеи

Ubykh

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing. Compare Abkhaz аҭаҳәҭеи (ataḥʷtej), Kabardian дохъутей (doχʷutej), Russian тафту́й (taftúj), тахту́й (taxtúj), also from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰo̞χtʰe̞j]

Noun

ҭохҭеи • (toxtej) (plural ҭохҭеиԯа)

1. rifle scabbard

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тафтуй”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vogt, Hans (1963) “toxtáy”, in Dictionnaire de la Langue Oubykh‎^[1] (in French), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 190b