ცახი
Georgian
Alternative forms
- ჩახი (čaxi)
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian ցախ (cʿax).
Noun
ცახი • (caxi) (plural ცახები)
- (obsolete) twigs put near a silkworm, on which it starts spinning its silk cocoon
References
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825), “ცახი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press