ხარგა

Georgian

Etymology 1

From Persian خرگاه (xargâh).

Noun

ხარგა • (xarga) (plural ხარგები)

  1. (archaic) felt tent

See also

References
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ხარგა1”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ხარგა”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ხარგა”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎, London: Garnett Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *xarg-. Doublet of ხერგი (xergi).

Noun

ხარგა • (xarga) (plural ხარგები)

  1. (Upper Imereti) heap
  2. (Imereti, Lechkhumi) hen threaded on a wooden skewer
  • ხარგალი (xargali, “fenced-in yard, cattle pen”) (Kartli, Pshavi), ხარგალალა (xargalala, “paddock”) (Kartli)
Descendants
  • → Laz: ხარგა (xarga)

Further reading
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ხარგა2”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 677–678, unaware of the form ხარგ- (xarg-)
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