ზომხა

Svan

Etymology

Perhaps from Mingrelian *ზომხა (*zomxa), ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *za-max- (“New Year”).

Noun

ზომხა • (zomxa)

1. New Year

   Synonyms: ზა̈ჲმახე (zäymaxe), კალანდა (ḳalanda)

Derived terms

• ნაზო̄მახ (nazōmax, “approximately the next two weeks after New Year”)

Further reading

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ზომხა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 543