იკინაჩხა

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ერკინაჩხა (erǩinaçxa) — Chanapeti
  • ეკინაჩხა (eǩinaçxa)

Etymology

From *იკინა (*iǩina) +‎ -შ (-ş, genitive case marker) +‎ დღა (dğa, “day”). The meaning of *იკინა (*iǩina) is unknown. Marr connects it with Old Armenian երկին-ք (erkin-kʻ, “sky”) and explains the formation as "sky day".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ikʲʼiˈnɑt͡ʃxɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ი‧კი‧ნაჩ‧ხა

Noun

იკინაჩხა • (iǩinaçxa) (Latin spelling Iǩinaçxa) (Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. Tuesday
    Synonym: ტახაჩხა (ťaxaçxa)

See also

Further reading

  • Marr, N. Ja. (1911) “Яфетические элементы в языках Армении. I [Japhethic Elements in the Languages of Armenia. I]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎ (in Russian), volume 5, number 2, page 142 of 137–145
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “იკინაჩხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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