ციხჱ

ციხჱ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ციხეჲ (cixey)

Etymology

By assimilation from *ძიხე- (*ʒixe-), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁ixe-.

Noun

ციხჱ • (cixē)

1. fortress
2. jail, prison

   Synonym: დილეგი (dilegi)

Descendants

• Georgian: ციხე (cixe)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ციხჱ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 517b