მუქთა-ხორა

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Mingrelian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed through Georgian მუქთახორა (muktaxora) from Persian مفت خوار (moft-xvâr).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mukʰtʰa xɔra/
  • Hyphenation: მუქ‧თა‧ხო‧რა

Noun[edit]

მუქთა-ხორა (mukta-xora)

  1. parasite, idler, loafer

Usage notes[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მუქთა-ხორა”, 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)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press