абаҳа
Abkhaz
Etymology
Probably ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bádHr̥, possibly via Old Armenian բահ (bah).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [abaħa]
Noun
а-баҳа • (a-baḥa) (pl абаҳақәа) (Abzhywa)
- shovel
- Synonym: ажыга (aẑəga) – Bzyb
Further reading
- Бгажба, Х. С. (1964) Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка [The Bzyb Dialect of Abkhaz], Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 203, derives from Mingrelian *ბეჰა (*beha), ultimately derives from Armenian բահ (bah)
- Абдоков, А. И. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 41, connects with Kabardian бэлагъ (belaağ), Abaza блахъ (blaq)
- Шагиров, А. К. (1977), К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 74, considers it to be unrelated to Kabardian бэлагъ (belaağ), Abaza блахъ (blaq)
- Buḳia, Manana (2016), Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul-kartveluri enobrivi šexvedrebi [Circassian-Kartvelian linguistic interactions] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, →ISBN, pages 32–33, summarizes all of the above