ობიშხა

Mingrelian

Etymology

Blend of *ობი (*obi) +‎ -შ (-š, genitive case marker) +‎ დღა (dɣa, “day”), the meaning of *ობი (*obi) is unknown, sometimes theorized to represent a pre-Christian God of rain and thunder.[1]

Cognate with Laz ობიჩხა (obiçxa).

Noun

ობიშხა • (obišxa)

  1. Friday

Descendants
  • → Svan: უ̂ებიშ (ûebiš), უ̂ობიშ (ûobiš)

See also

References
  1. Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ობი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Further reading
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ობიშხა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1088
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ობიშხა”, 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)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 293b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ობიშხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ობიშხა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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