კარცხილ

Bats

Etymology

Akin to Ingush кӏарцхал (kʼarcxal, “acacia; thorn”), Chechen кӏохцал (kʼoxcal, “thorn”), кӏохцал-г (kʼoxcal-g, “conifer”).

Noun

კარცხილ (ḳarcxil)

1. hornbeam

   Synonym: რცხილ (rcxil)

Further reading

• Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2013), “კარცხილ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume II, Tbilisi: Saari, page 247
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 438, connects with Proto-Kartvelian *ḳerčx- (“maple”)