ჴოჴობი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *qoqob-, which is probably Onomatopoeic in origin. Ancient Greek sources mention the abundance of pheasants in Kingdom of Colchis.

Svan ჴოჴუ̂ებ (qoqûeb) might be borrowed from Georgian.

Noun

ჴოჴობი • (qoqobi)

1. pheasant

Descendants

• Georgian: ხოხობი (xoxobi)
  • → Svan: ჴოჴუებ (qoqueb) (possibly)

References

• 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 720
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 341
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 709
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჴოჴობი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 570