ქაშა̈გ

Svan

Etymology

From Georgian ქაშაგი (kašagi, “youth sold into slavery”).[1]

Noun

ქაშა̈გ • (kašäg)

  1. Circassian

Derived terms
  • მჷქშა̈გ (məkšäg)

Proper noun

ქაშა̈გ • (kašäg)

  1. Circassia

Further reading
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ქაშა̈გ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1746

References
  1. Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), Iordanišvili S., editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 369
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