ხორხაფი
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qa(r)q-. Cognate with Old Georgian [script needed] (qaq-v-a, “to scratch”), Georgian ხახუნი (xaxuni, “rubbing”).
Note also Old Armenian խարխափեմ (xarxapʿem).
Verb
ხორხაფი • (xorxapi)
- to rub against something
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 700–701
- Kipšidze, I. (1914) , “ხორხი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskovo (iverskovo) jazyka s xrestomatijej i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 407a, deriving from ხორხი (xorxi, “saw”)