ზა̈ჲმახე

Svan

Alternative forms
  • ზა̈მა̈ხე (zämäxe), ზაჲმახე (zaymaxe), ზა̈ჲმა̈ხე (zäymäxe), მახე ზა̈ჲ (maxe zäy)

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Kartvelian *za-maxe- (“New Year”),[1][2] equivalent to ზა̈ჲ (zäy, “year”) +‎ მახე (maxe, “new”). Doublet of ზომხა (zomxa).

Noun

ზა̈ჲმახე • (zäymaxe)

  1. New Year
    Synonyms: ზომხა (zomxa), კალანდა (ḳalanda)

Further reading
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ზა̈ჲმახე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 539

References
  1. Čuxua, Merab (2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Comparative Dictionary of Kartvelian Language-Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 101
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 283
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