ოხვამე

• ოხვამბე (oxvambe)

From ო- (o-) +‎ ხვამა (xvama, “to pray; to bless”) +‎ -ე (-e). Cognate with Mingrelian ოხვამე (oxvame), Svan ლაჴუ̂ამ (laqûam).

ოხვამე • (oxvame) (plural ოხვამეფე)

1. (religion) temple (place of worship)
2. (Christianity) church
3. (Islam) mosque

   Synonym: ჯამე (came)

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 251

From ო- (o-) +‎ ხვამა (xvama, “to pray; to bless”) +‎ -ე (-e), which literally means "a place for prayer". Cognate with Laz ოხვამე (oxvame), Svan ლაჴუ̂ამ (laqûam).

ოხვამე • (oxvame) (plural ოხვამეეფი)

1. (Christianity) church

• ოხვამერი (oxvameri), ოხვამალი (oxvamali)

• → Abkhaz: ауахәа́ма (awaxʷáma)

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ოხვამე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1166
• Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ხვამ”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 401b–402a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 888
• Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ოხვამე”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008), “ოხვამე”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN