აყუჯიხა

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Mingrelian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

*აყუ- (*aq̇u-) +‎ ჯიხა (ǯixa, “fortress”). *აყუ- (*aq̇u-) is borrowed from Abkhaz Аҟәа (Aqʷʼa).[1]

Proper noun[edit]

აყუჯიხა • (aq̇uǯixa)

  1. (obsolete) Sukhumi (a city in the country of Georgia)
    Synonym: სოხუმი (soxumi)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 65 of 25–76

Further reading[edit]

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “აყუჯიხა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 57
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “აყუჯიხა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 198a
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