Georgian

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ცხენი

Etymology

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From Old Georgian ცხენი (cxeni), probably from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cxen-. Cognate with Mingrelian ცხენი (cxeni) and Laz ცხენი (ʒxeni).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡sxeni/, [t͡sʰχeni]
  • Hyphenation: ცხე‧ნი
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Noun

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ცხენი (cxeni) (plural ცხენები)

  1. horse
    შინაური ცხენიšinauri cxenidomestic horse

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Noun

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ცხენი (ʒxeni) (Latin spelling ʒxeni)

  1. Apso, Ortaalan, Chanapeti, and Borghola form of ნცხენი (nʒxeni)

Mingrelian

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Etymology

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According to Fähnrich, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cxen-. Klimov derives from Georgian ცხენი (cxeni).

Noun

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ცხენი (cxeni)

  1. horse

Old Georgian

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cxen-

Noun

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ცხენი (cxeni)

  1. horse

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ცხენი (cxeni)

References

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  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 586
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 565