ცხუმ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ცხუმრა (cxumra), ცხუ̂იმრა (cxûimra), ცხუ̂იმ (cxûim), ცხჷმ (cxəm)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *cxeml-.

Noun

ცხუმ • (cxum) (plural ცხუმა̈რ)

1. hornbeam (Carpinus caucasica)

Descendants

• →? Old Georgian: ცხუმი (cxumi, “Tskhumi”, the traditional name of სოხუმი (soxumi))

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ცხუმ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 359a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ცხუ̂იმ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 325a
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “კავკასიური რცხილა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Oniani, Arsen (1917) “ცხუმ”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 36b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ცხუმ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1889