Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian კათხაჲ (ḳatxay), from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳatx-. Doublet of კოთხო (ḳotxo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʼatʰxa/, [kʼatʰχa]
  • Hyphenation: კა‧თხა

Noun

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კათხა (ḳatxa) (plural კათხები)

  1. pint glass (a vessel for drinking beer or wine)
  2. wooden vessel (for drinking, milking, etc)
  3. (dialectal) buffalo horn with axle grease for ox-cart

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Mingrelian: კათხა (ḳatxa)

See also

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References

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  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “კათხა”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press, page 784