ოთხი

Georgian

Georgian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ოთხი (otxi)     Ordinal : მეოთხე (meotxe)

Etymology

From Old Georgian ოთხი (otxi), from Proto-Kartvelian *otxo-. Cognate with Mingrelian ოთხი (otxi), Laz ოთხო (otxo) and Svan უოშთხუ (uoštxu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔtʰxi/
• Hyphenation: ოთ‧ხი

Numeral

ოთხი • (otxi)

1. four

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Mingrelian

Mingrelian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ოთხი (otxi)     Ordinal : მაოთხა (maotxa)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *otxo-, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognates include Georgian ოთხი (otxi); see below for more.

Numeral

ოთხი • (otxi)

1. four

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *otxo-, which is an early borrowing of the Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

ოთხი • (otxi)

1. four

Descendants

• Georgian: ოთხი (otxi)

References

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 365
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 325
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 145
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ოთხი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 332
• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ოთხი”, in megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1100