аҟәылмиҭа

Abkhaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian ჸვალმინთა (ʾvalminta).[1]

Noun

а-ҟәылми́ҭа • (a-qʷʼəlmíta)

  1. horsemint (Mentha longifolia)
    Synonym: а-шьы́хә (a-šə́xʷ)

See also
  • а-ҽадшьы́хә (a-ĉadšə́xʷ, “water mint (Mentha aquatica)”), а-ҽды́рӡла (a-ĉdə́rdzla)
  • а-ла́р (a-lár, “peppermint (Mentha piperita)”), а-лы́мка (a-lə́mkʼa)
  • а-гәы́хьхәшәы (a-gʷə́xʲxʷŝʷə, “penny-royal (Mentha pulegium)”)

References
  1. Buḳia, Manana (2013) Teimuraz Gvancelaʒe, editor, Narḳvevebi kartvelur-apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merediani, →ISBN, page 203

Further reading
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A., Džonwa, B. Gʲ. (2016) “мята”, in Awrəs–apswa ẑʷar / Русско–абхазский словарь [Russian–Abkhaz Dictionary]‎, volumes I: А–М, Sukhum: Dom pečati, page 799a of 800
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