საჼ

Bats

Etymology

Uncertain. Back-formation from ნჵაჲჸსაჼ (n'ayʾsã). It is unclear whether it is related to სანი (sani, door(s)). Nikolaev, Starostin (1994) believe that the form as the second part of the derivative ნჵაჲჸსაჼ (n'ayʾsã) has cognates with Chechen са (sa, corner; joint, edge), Ingush са (sa, corner (viewed from inside)) and goes back to Proto-Nakh *saᶰ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sã/

Noun

საჼ (class bd

  1. door

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Črelašvili, K. T. (2007), G. A. Xaluxajev, editor, Цова-тушинский (бацбийский) язык [The Tsova-Tush (Bats) language]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 268b
  • Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2019), “საჼ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume IV, Tbilisi: Universali, page 194

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