ზომხა
Svan
Etymology
Perhaps from Mingrelian *ზომხა (*zomxa), ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *za-maxe- (“New Year”).[1][2] Doublet of ზა̈ჲმახე (zäymaxe).
Noun
ზომხა • (zomxa)
- New Year
- Synonyms: ზა̈ჲმახე (zäymaxe), კალანდა (ḳalanda)
Further reading
- Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ზომხა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 543
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