аҷаҷа
Abkhaz
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *č̣́ač̣́a.[1][2]
Noun
а–ҷа́ҷа • (a–č̣̍áč̣̍a)
- kidney
Descendants
- → Mingrelian: ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a)
- → Georgian: ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a)
- → Svan: ჯაჭ (ǯač̣), ჭაჭ (č̣ač̣)
Further reading
- Ḳaslanʒia, V. A. (2005), “аҷаҷа”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary] (in Abkhaz / Russian), volume 2: О–Џь, Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 528a of 695
- Mač̣avariani, Nana (2018), “аҷаҷа”, in Apxazur-kartuli leksiḳoni indeksita da gramaṭiḳuli mimoxilvit [Abkhazian–Georgian Dictionary with Index and Grammar Review] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 119a
- 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 200
References
- Климов, Г. А.; Халилов, М. Ш. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 92
- Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*č̣́ač̣́a”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers