Georgian edit

 
არჩვი

Etymology edit

From Middle Georgian არჩვი (arčvi, four-legged), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *arčw- (chamois) (however, if Svan ჰერსკნ (hersḳn) is not a borrowing, then the word can be reconstructed for Proto-Kartvelian). Cognate with Mingrelian ერცქემი (erckemi), ერსქემი (erskemi). Possibly related to Abkhaz аҽа (aĉa, doe, female deer) and Ubykh ʒʷa (deer; gazelle), from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *a-č́ʷa,[1] and maybe also Lezgi гъуьрч (ġürč, deer, game).[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /art͡ʃvi/, [aɾt͡ʃʰʷi]
  • Hyphenation: არ‧ჩვი

Noun edit

არჩვი (arčvi) (plural არჩვები)

  1. chamois

Inflection edit

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Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*čwĕnʔV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ʁHwōrč̣o”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “არჩვი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 3–4
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 38–39
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “არჩვი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[3], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 32