ოხორჯა
Laz
Alternative forms
- ოხოჯჯა (oxoǯǯa) – Alternative spelling
- ხორძა (xorʒa) – Atina
- ოხორზა (oxorza) – Atina, Artasheni
Etymology
Usually explained as ოხორი (oxori, “house”) + ჯა (ǯa, “tree”), literally “tree of house” but It's consired as a folk etymology by Arnold Chikobava. Instead he derives it from Laz ოხორი (oxori, “house”) and Georgian რძალი (rʒali, “bride”). He supports his theory with plural of ოხორჯა (oxorǯa) is ოხორჯალეფე (oxorǯalepe) rather than *ოხორჯაფე (*oxorǯape). also having -ძ- (-ʒ-) explains the dialectal variations of the word. Chikobava also substantiates his thesis with other compound nouns made with ოხორი (oxori), declaring "kinship and social status": compare ოხრასქირი (oxraskiri), ოხრასურე (oxrasure) and ოხოჭკურა (oxoč̣ḳura). Note that Georgian რძალი (rʒali, “bride”) is not used in Laz.
Noun
ოხორჯა • (oxorǯa) (Latin spelling oxorca) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)
- woman
- მესქურინერი ოჯაღი უმჩანე არ ოხორჯაქ ქოგამოგზამს
- meskurineri oǯaɣi umčane ar oxorǯak kogamogzams
- An ingenious and resourceful woman rekindles an extinct family
- wife
- ოხორჯა-ჩქიმი აწი ვა-რენ
- oxorǯa-čkimi ac̣i va-ren
- My wife is not here at the moment.
Further reading
- Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2019), “oxorca / oxorža / oxorza / xorža”, in Lazoba: İrfan Çağatay Aleksiva'nin Lazlar ve Lazca üzerine fikir yazıları (in Turkish), retrieved 2022-07-26
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “oxorca”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Марр, Н. (1910), “ოხორჯა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 178
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ოხორჯა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi