ზა̈ჲმახე
Svan
Alternative forms
- ზა̈მა̈ხე (zämäxe), ზაჲმახე (zaymaxe), ზა̈ჲმა̈ხე (zäymäxe), მახე ზა̈ჲ (maxe zäy)
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Kartvelian *za-maxe- (“New Year”),[1][2] equivalent to ზა̈ჲ (zäy, “year”) + მახე (maxe, “new”). Doublet of ზომხა (zomxa).
Noun
ზა̈ჲმახე • (zäymaxe)
- New Year
- Synonyms: ზომხა (zomxa), კალანდა (ḳalanda)
Further reading
- Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ზა̈ჲმახე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 539
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Comparative Dictionary of Kartvelian Language-Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 101
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 283