ажакьа

Abkhaz

Alternative forms
  • а-бжа́кьа (ā-bžā́ḳ̍ā)

Etymology

According to Šagirov, together with Abaza жакӏьа (žāḳ’ā) and Ubykh жакӏьэ (žāḳ̍ă, “beard”) a Circassian borrowing: compare Adyghe жакӏьэ (žāk՚̍ă), жакӏэ (žāč̣̍ă), Kabardian жьакӏэ (ẑāč̣̍ă). This is accepted by Klimov / Xalilov, who note that the borrowing is specifically from Adyghe *žāḳ’ā.

Chirikba takes the derivation one level deeper, reconstructing Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *žā́ḳ̍ā and deriving it from Proto-Circassian *žāḳ’ā.

Noun

а-жа́кьа • (ā-žā́ḳ̍ā)

  1. beard
    ижакьа ауишьҭит ― ižāḳ̍ā āuiš̍tiṭ ― he grew a beard
  2. (rare) moustache

Synonyms
  • аҧаҵа (āpāc̣ā)

Descendants
  • Mingrelian: ბჟაკე (bžaḳe)

References
  • Šagirov, A. K. (1977), Lomtatidze K. V., editor, Etimologičeskij slovarʹ adygskix (čerkesskix) jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 199
  • Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Slovarʹ kavkazskix jazykov. Sopostavlenije osnovnoj leksiki [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 67
  • Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz‎, Leiden, page 92
  • Genko, A. N. (1998), “ажакьа”, in Abxazsko-russkij slovarʹ [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 88a
  • Kaslandzija, V. A. (2005), “ажакьа”, in Abxazsko-russkij slovarʹ [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], volume I, Sukhum: OLMA-Press, page 382a
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