ажакьа
Abkhaz
Alternative forms
- абжакьа (abẑakʲʼa), а-бжа́кьа (a-bẑákʲʼa)
Etymology
According to Šagirov, together with Abaza жакӏьа (žakʲʼa) and Ubykh жаакьа (ẑaakʲʼa, “beard”) a Circassian borrowing: compare Adyghe жакӏьэ (žaakʲʼe), жакӏэ (žaakʼe), Kabardian жьакӏэ (źaakʼe). This is accepted by Klimov and Xalilov, who note that the borrowing is specifically from Adyghe *žāḳ’ā.
Chirikba takes the derivation one level deeper, reconstructing Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *žáḳ́a and deriving it from Proto-Circassian *žaḳ́a.
Noun
а-жа́кьа • (a-ẑákʲʼa)
- beard
- ижакьа ауишьҭит ― iẑakʲʼa awištitʼ ― he grew a beard
- (rare) moustache
Synonyms
- аҧаҵа (apacʼa)
Descendants
- → Mingrelian: ბჟაკე (bžaḳe)
References
- 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 199
- 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 67
- Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz, Leiden, page 92
- Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006), “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 10, issue 1, page 16 of 25–76
- Генко, А. Н. (1998), “ажакьа”, in Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 88a
- Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005), “ажакьа”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary] (in Abkhaz / Russian), volume 1: А–Н, Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 382a of 713