კე̄შ
Svan edit
Alternative forms edit
- კეშ (ḳeš)
Etymology edit
According to Čuxua, from *კეჩ- (*ḳeč-), from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳec₁-. Compare Old Georgian ჩჳლ-კეცი (čwil-ḳeci, “crustacean”), კეცოვანი (ḳecovani, “new hard leather; hard shell (tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, cuttlefish”), კეც-ტყავი (ḳec-ṭq̇avi, id.), ჩუდ-კეცი (čud-ḳeci, “robe, cloak”).
Less reliable is the alleged connection of the supposed Zan *კაშ- (*ḳaš-), which, according to Čuxua, is extractable from Georgian surname კაშია (ḳašia). შ ← *ჩ (š ← *č) is not unheard of in Zan, but is nevertheless rather uncommon. He derives Old Armenian կաշի (kaši, “hide, skin, leather”) from the unattested Zan cognate.
Compare also Chechen къерс-иг (qʼers-ig, “coarse, hardened leather”), кӏерс-иг (kʼers-ig), Ingush къерс-иг (qʼers-ig).
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- კე̄შილდ (ḳēšild, diminutive form), კე̄შჷლდ (ḳēšəld)
- ლეკე̄შჷ̄რი (leḳēšə̄ri, “animal skin for coats”)
References edit
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 124
- Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 372
Further reading edit
- Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “კეეშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 159b
- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კე̄შ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 756