სომეხი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian სომეხი (somexi), see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /somexi/, [someχi]
  • Hyphenation: სო‧მე‧ხი

Noun

სომეხი • (somexi) (plural სომხები)

  1. Armenian, a person from Armenia or of Armenian descent

Inflection

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Mingrelian

Etymology

From Old Georgian სომეხი (somexi).

Noun

სომეხი • (somexi) (plural სომეხეფი)

  1. Armenian, a person from Armenia or of Armenian descent

Descendants

  • Abkhaz: а-шәамахь (a-ŝʷamaxʲ) (or directly from Georgian)

Old Georgian

Etymology

According to Diakonoff, derived by metathesis from the name of the country called 𒆳𒋢𒄭 (/⁠Suḫmu⁠/) in Akkadian and [script needed] (Zuhma) in Hittite. It was located in the upper Euphrates valley, i.e. close to South-Caucasian tribes, and was at some time inhabited by Proto-Armenians.[1] Cognate with Laz სუმეხი (sumexi).

Noun

სომეხი • (somexi)

  1. Armenian, a person from Armenia or of Armenian descent
    • 476 CE – 483 CE, Iaḳob Curṭaveli, C̣amebay c̣midisa šušaniḳisi dedoplisay [Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik] Chapter I:
      და ცოლად მისა იყო ასული ვარდანისი, სომეხთა სპაჲპეტისაჲ, რომლისათჳს ესე მივწერე თქუენდა, მამისაგან სახელით ვარდან, და სიყუარულით სახელი მისი შუშანიკ, მოშიში ღმრთისაჲ, ვითარცა-იგი ვთქუთ, სიყრმითგან თჳსით.
      da colad misa iq̇o asuli vardanisi, somexta sṗayṗeṭisay, romlisatwis ese mivc̣ere tkuenda, mamisagan saxelit vardan, da siq̇uarulit saxeli misi šušaniḳ, mošiši ɣmrtisay, vitarca-igi vtkut, siq̇rmitgan twisit.
      • Translation by David Marshall Lang
        And his wife was the daughter of Vardan, generalissimo of the Armenians, bearing the name of Varden, or Rose, after her father, and the pet-name of Shushanik, or Susanna; and she lived in the fear of God from her childhood days.

Descendants

References

  1. Dʹjakonov, I. M. (1968) S. T. Jeremjan, editor, Predystorija armjanskovo naroda. Istorija Armjanskovo nagorʹja s 1500 po 500 g. do n.e. Xurrity, luvijcy, protoarmjane [The Pre-History of the Armenian People. The History of the Armenian Highland from 1500 to 500 BC. Hurrians, Luwians, Proto-Armenians] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 234
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