აშხალ
Svan
Alternative forms
- არშხალ (aršxal), არჩხალ (arčxal), არჩხილ (arčxil)
Etymology
Apparently akin to Georgian აშხალი (ašxali, “tree/branch cuttings”), which is attested only in Fereydan dialect.[1]
Noun
აშხალ • (ašxal) (plural აშხლა̈რ or აშხალა̈რ)
- branch, bough
References
- Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2017), “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - IV [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - IV]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XIV, Tbilisi, page 18 of 18–32, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian
Further reading
- Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “არჩხალ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 30a
- Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “აშხალ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 32a
- Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012), “შტო”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Universal, page 216b
- Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “აშხალ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 150