ჯოჯოხეთი

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

By assimilation from earlier *დოჯოხეთი (*doǯoxeti), from *დოჯოხი (*doǯoxi), borrowed from an Iranian cognate of Persian دوزخ (dôzax, hell), suffixed with +‎ -ეთი (-eti).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒod͡ʒoxetʰi/, [d͡ʒod͡ʒoχetʰi]
  • Hyphenation: ჯო‧ჯო‧ხე‧თი

Noun edit

ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti) (uncountable)

  1. hell

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Chechen: жоьжахати (žöžaxati)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “դժոխք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 171, page 137