аӡахәа

Abkhaz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Klimov and Xalilov explain as a native compound of words meaning "young (?)" + "coiling".[3]

Martirosyan connects with Old Armenian ազոխ (azox, “sour grapes”).[4]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

а-ӡахәа́ • (a-dzaxʷá) (Abzhywa)

  1. grapevine (vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow)
  2. liana (climbing woody vine)
    Synonym: а-ҟарма́ (a-qʼarmá)

Derived terms
  • аӡахәаҭра (adzaxʷatra, “vineyard”)
  • Аӡахәаҭра (Adzaxʷatra, toponym)
  • а́бнаӡахәа (ábnadzaxʷa), аҵысӡахәа́ (acʼəsdzaxʷá, “wild grapevine”)
  • аҵысӡахәа (acʼəsdzaxʷa, “a grapevine variety”)
  • аалмышәӡахәа (aalməŝʷdzaxʷa, “liana”)
  • аӡахәа́аӡара (adzaxʷáadzara, “viticulture”)
  • аӡахәа́аӡаҩ (adzaxʷáadzajʷ, “viticulturist, winegrower”)
  • аӡахәа́маҵә (adzaxʷámacʷʼ)
  • аӡахәа́бжьанда (adzaxʷábžanda, “a vine that spreads from one tree to another”)
  • аӡахәарқьақьа (adzaxʷarkʲakʲa)
  • аӡахәа́тә (adzaxʷátʷʼ)
  • аӡахәа́цҳа (adzaxʷácḥa)

See also
  • ажь (až, “grape (fruit)”)

References
  1. Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка [The Bzyb Dialect of Abkhaz]‎, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 46
  2. Шакрыл, К. С. (1985) Л. П. Чкадуа, editor, Труды: Статьи и очерки по вопросам абхазского языка и фольклора [Works: Articles and essays on Abkhaz language and folklore]‎ (in Russian), Sukhumi: Alashara, page 11
  3. Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 212
  4. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 660, footnote 140

Further reading
  • Генко, А. Н. (1998) “аӡахәа”, in Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 102a
  • Джанашиа, Баграт (2010) К. В. Ломтатидзе, Т. И. Гванцеладзе, editors, Абхазская лексика виноградарства и виноделия [Abkhaz vocabulary of viticulture and winemaking]‎ (in Russian), Tbilisi: Intellect, § Часть I, Глава I, § 1, 1.1, explains as Old Georgian ძ-ელ-ი (ʒ-el-i, “tree”) + ахәа (axʷa, “curved”), but this appears to be a folk etymology
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A., Džonwa, B. Gʲ. (2016) “”, in Awrəs–apswa ẑʷar / Русско–абхазский словарь [Russian–Abkhaz Dictionary]‎, volumes I: А–М, Sukhum: Dom pečati, pages 139a, 699a
  • Клычев, Р. Н. (2000) Абазинский литературный язык: Поиски и находки‎ (in Russian), Карачаевск: КЧГПУ, →ISBN, pages 35–36
  • Марр, Н. (1926) Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary]‎, Ленинград: Издание Академии абхазского языка и литературы, page 116b
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