Etymology 1

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By regressive assimilation from ცაჩხა (ʒaçxa), from ცა (ʒa, sky) +‎ -შ (, genitive case marker) +‎ დღა (dğa, day). Compare Mingrelian ცაშხა (cašxa), Svan ცა̈̄შ (cǟš).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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ჩაჩხა (çaçxa) (Latin spelling Çaçxa)

  1. (Jigetore, VitseArkabi) Thursday
  2. (Vizha) Sunday
    Synonym: ბჟაჩხა (bjaçxa)
  3. (Vizha) Friday
    Synonyms: ობიჩხა (obiçxa), პარასქე (p̌araske)
Usage notes
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Declension
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Etymology 2

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From ჩაჩხ- (çaçx-, to babble) +‎ -ა (-a).

Noun

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ჩაჩხა (çaçxa) (Latin spelling çaçxa) (Vizha)

  1. waterfall
    Synonyms: მაჩხა (maçxa), გეჩაჩხალონი (geçaçxaloni), მეჩაჩხალონი (meçaçxaloni), მეჲაჩხალონი (meyaçxaloni)
    რაკანიშა მეჲოწედასი ჩაჩხა იზინ
    raǩanişa meyoǯedasi çaçxa izin
    The waterfall is seen from the hill

Further reading

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  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 166
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çaçxa[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çaçxa[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 236
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ჩაჩხა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 141a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩაჩხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi