ჩოხა

Georgian

A man in chokha

Alternative forms

• ჩოჴა (čoqa) — Khevsureti, Kakheti, Chveneburi
• ჩოჴაჲ (čoqay) — Tusheti, Ingilo
• ჩოყაჲ (čoq̇ay) — Ingilo

Etymology

From Old Georgian ჩოჴაჲ (čoqay), from Persian چوقا (čôqâ). See Ottoman Turkish چوقه (çoka, çoha, çuka, çuha) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoxa/, [t͡ʃʰoχa]
• Hyphenation: ჩო‧ხა

Noun

ჩოხა • (čoxa) (plural ჩოხები)

1. chokha

Derived terms

• ჩოხოსანი (čoxosani)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-чоуҳа́ (a-čowḥá)
• → Bats: ჩოჴაჸო̆ (čoqaʾŏ)
• → English: chokha
• → Ingush: чокхи (čoqi)
• → Laz: ჩოხა (çoxa), მჩოხა (mçoxa)
• → Mingrelian: ჩოხა (čoxa)
• → Ossetian: цухъхъа (cuqqa), цохъа (coqa)

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 316
• Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1984) Kartuli ḳiloebi mtaši [Georgian Mountain Dialects] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 1) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 441b
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჩოყაჲ”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎^[1] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 279b
• Ɣambašiʒe, Rogneda (1988) “ჩოყაჲ, ჩოჴაჲ”, in Aḳaḳi Šaniʒe, editor, Kartuli enis ingilouri ḳilos leksiḳoni [Dictionary of the Ingiloy dialect of the Georgian language], Tbilisi: Ganatleba, →ISBN, page 553a
• “ჩოჴა”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎^[2] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014