აფხაზი

Georgian

Etymology

According to Chirikba, from Old Georgian აფხაზი (apxazi), from Mingrelian აფხაზა (apxaza), from *აბღაზა (*abɣaza), from *აბაზღა (*abazɣa) with a metathesis, from the plural of the Abkhaz *абазӷа (*abazğa).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apʰxazi/, [apʰχazi]
  • Hyphenation: აფხა‧ზი
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Noun

აფხაზი • (apxazi) (plural აფხაზები)

  1. Abkhaz person

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: աբխազ (abxaz)
  • → Persian: ابخاز (abxâz)
  • → Russian: абха́з (abxáz)

References

  1. Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 10, number 1, page 35 of 25–76
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