აფხაზი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Chirikba, from Old Georgian აფხაზი (apxazi), from Mingrelian აფხაზა (apxaza), from *აბღაზა (*abɣaza), from *აბაზღა (*abazɣa) with a metathesis, from the plural of the Abkhaz *абазӷа (*abazğa).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /apʰxazi/, [apʰχazi]
  • Hyphenation: აფხა‧ზი
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

აფხაზი (apxazi) (plural აფხაზები)

  1. Abkhaz person

Inflection[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: աբխազ (abxaz)
  • Persian: ابخاز (abxâz)
  • Russian: абха́з (abxáz)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006), “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, issue 1, page 35 of 25–76