ხარჭი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Together with the synonymous Old Armenian հարճ (harč) probably borrowed from Middle Iranian. See the Armenian entry for more.

For the Old Georgian ხ (x) ~ Old Armenian հ (h) alternation Ačaṙean compares ხაშმი (xašmi) ~ հաշմ (hašm), ხარკი (xarḳi) ~ հարկ (hark), გლეხი (glexi) ~ գռեհ (gṙeh),[1] all Iranian borrowings.

Less likely borrowed from a Northeast Caucasian language, compare: Andi гьорчӏчӏи (horččʼi, “female, wife”) (← *гьоркӏкӏи (*horkkʼi)), Chamalal гьаш (haš, “id.”), Botlikh гьакки (hakki, “id.”), Tindi гьаккуй (hak̄uj, “id.”), Avar гӏоркӏкӏен (ʻorkkʼen, “sheep”),[2][3] all ultimately from Proto-Avaro-Andian *horḳ:ʷa-.[4]

Noun

ხარჭი • (xarč̣i)

  1. concubine

Derived terms
  • ხარჭება (xarč̣eba)
  • ხარჭოსანი (xarč̣osani)
  • დახარჭებაჲ (daxarč̣ebay)
  • დახარჭებული (daxarč̣ebuli)
  • მეხარჭეობაჲ (mexarč̣eobay)
  • ხარჭოსნობაჲ (xarč̣osnobay)
  • ხარჭოსნებული (xarč̣osnebuli)

Descendants
  • ⇒ Georgian: ხარჭა (xarč̣a) (obsolete)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1898) “Jaynabanutʻiwn (Lautlehre) vracʻerēn hayerēnicʻ pʻoxaṙeal baṙeri [The phonology of Georgian borrowings from Armenian]”, in Ararat (in Armenian), volume 31, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 368a
  2. Gudava, Ṭogo (1954) “Kartul-xunʒuri leksiḳuri šexvedrebis šesaxeb [On Georgian-Avar lexical interactions]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 5, number 10, Tbilisi, page 703
  3. Халилов, М. Ш. (2004) Грузинско-дагестанские языковые контакты [Georgian–Daghestanian linguistic contacts] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 229
  4. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*horḳ:ʷa-”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ხარჭი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 561a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 609
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ხარჭი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1566a
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