товха

Chechen

Alternative forms

  • тавха (tavxa) — Cheberloi, Itum-Qalle
  • тавгӏ (tavğ) — Kist

Etymology

Borrowed from Kumyk тавхана (tawxana), from Classical Persian تاو خانه (tāw-xāna). Cognates include Ingush товгӏа (tovğa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtou̯xa/

Noun

товха • (tovxa) class jj

  1. oven, fireplace (in mountain house)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975), Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 177
  • Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “товха”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 204a
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