аџьыка

Abkhaz

Etymology

From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *ǯ̍ə́-ḳā (“with a not quite clear second component”). Cognate with Abaza джькӏа (ǯ’ḳā). Nikolayev / Starostin further derive from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *ǯ̍ǝ (“salt”).

Noun

а-џьы́ка • (ā-ǯ̍ə́ḳā)

salt
adjika, adzhika

References

Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz‎, Leiden, page 78
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