ქაშა̈გ

Svan

Etymology

From Georgian ქაშაგი (kašagi, “youth sold into slavery”).[1]

Noun

ქაშა̈გ • (kašäg)

  1. Circassian

Derived terms
  • მჷქშა̈გ (məkšäg)

Proper noun

ქაშა̈გ • (kašäg)

  1. Circassia

References
  1. Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ქაშა̈გ”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 369

Further reading
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ქაშა̈გ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1746
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