მუხაჲ
Old Georgian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Northeast Caucasian language: compare Avar микк (mik̄), Hunzib мугь (muh), Dargwa миг (mig), Kryts мегь (meh), Udi маъхна ход (ma̱χna χod), Tsakhur мухъ (muq).[1]
Noun
მუხაჲ • (muxay)
- oak
- Synonym: წყანი (c̣q̇ani)
Descendants
- Georgian: მუხა (muxa)
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 213
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “მუხაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 302