ჺაბიკ

Bats

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *ʕabiḳ. Cognate with Chechen ӏайг (ˀajg), Ingush ӏаг (ˀag).

Noun

ჺაბიკ (ʿabiḳ) class bd

1. spoon (scooped utensil for eating (or serving))

Descendants

• →⇒ Georgian: აფიკა (apiḳa, “deep wooden spoon”), აფიკაი (apiḳai) — Khevsureti

Further reading

• Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022) “ჺაბიკ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 241b