ხაჼ

Bats

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Georgian ხანი (xani).[1] Cognates include Chechen хан (xan) and Ingush ха (xa). Nikolaev & Starostin trace it back to the Proto-Nakh form.[2] First attested in 1856.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xã/

Noun

ხაჼ (xã) class jj

  1. time
  2. age

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Kadagiʒe, Davit; Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984), “ხაჼ”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[2], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 797ab

Notes

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003), Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 281
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*mħēnq̱V ( ~ -ʕ-)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 809‒810: “*χān”
  3. ^ Schiefner, Anton (1856), Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 120b
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