Georgian edit

 ცხენი on Georgian Wikipedia
 შინაური ცხენი on Georgian Wikipedia
 
ცხენი

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ცხენი (cxeni) (plural ცხენები)

  1. horse
    შინაური ცხენიšinauri cxenidomestic horse

Inflection edit

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Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Laz edit

Noun edit

ცხენი (ʒxeni) (Latin spelling ʒxeni)

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

Mingrelian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

ცხენი (cxeni)

  1. horse

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cxen-

Noun edit

ცხენი (cxeni)

  1. horse

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: ცხენი (cxeni)

References edit

  • 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