عاچه

Soqotri

Etymology

Feminine counterpart of عاج (ʕag, “man; husband”).

Noun

عاچه (ʕáže) (dual عچيتي (ʕažíti), plural عجهاتن (ʕəghétən))

1. woman; wife
   • 2014, “The Faithful Wife”, in Vitaly Naumkin, compiler, Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 1, page 44, line 5:

     عٞامٞر: إفوڸ لاكن عاف نفعلو بعاچه دفلان؟

     ʕémər ífuḷ ľákɛn ʕaf nifʕáľu bə-ʕáže di-fəľán

     They said: "Why shouldn't we seduce the wife of this so-and-so?"

References

• Naumkin, Vitaly, et al. (2014) “Glossary”, in Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 505