ვეფხი
Mingrelian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Georgian ვეფხი (vepxi).
Noun edit
ვეფხი • (vepxi) (plural ვეფხეფი)
- Synonym of ჸილო (ʾilo, “tiger”)
Further reading edit
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ვეფხი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 547
Old Georgian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
ვეფხი • (vepxi)
Derived terms edit
- ვეფხისტყაოსანი (vepxisṭq̇aosani)
Descendants edit
- Georgian: ვეფხვი (vepxvi)
- → Bats: ვეფხ (vepx)
- → Bezhta: бебхи (bebxi)
- → Hinukh: бебхи (bebxi)
- → Hunzib: бевхи (bevxi), бебхи (bebxi)
- → Laz: ვეფხვი (vepxvi)
- → Mingrelian: ვეფხი (vepxi), ვემხი (vemxi), ვემხვი (vemxvi)
- → Svan: უ̂ეფხ (ûepx)
References edit
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვეფხი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 157
- Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 330–331, compares to Ingush ферх (ferx)