ბიკენჩხა̈ლ

Svan

Alternative forms
  • ბიკუნჩხალ (biḳunčxal), ბიკჷნჩხალ (biḳənčxal)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳerčx-, prefixed with *bi-, a rarely-used word-building prefix, for which compare ბი-ყრონჩა̈ჲ (bi-q̇rončäy, “gigantic, powerful, stocky, monstrous”), ბი-ყუ̂რე̄ნჩ (bi-q̇ûrēnč, “gnarled, calloused tree stump”), Georgian ბი-ლიკი (bi-liḳi, “path”), and the obsolete ბი-ჩვერი (bi-čveri, “stupid”) recorded by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani.

Cognate with Georgian ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali), Mingrelian ლაკინჩხა (laḳinčxa).

Noun

ბიკენჩხა̈ლ • (biḳenčxäl)

  1. maple

See also

References
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ბიკენჩხა̈ლ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 316
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 230
  • 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 50
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