ბჟაკე

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Abkhaz абжакьа (abẑakʲʼa), ажакьа (aẑakʲʼa).

Noun

ბჟაკე • (bžaḳe) (plural ბჟაკეეფი) (Zugdidi–Samurzakano)

1. beard

   Synonym: ფრიმული (primuli) — Senaki

See also

• ოშმეში (ošmeši)

References

• Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎^[1] (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 24
• Чирикба, В. (1998) “К вопросу об абхазских заимствованиях в мегрельском языке [On Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian]”, in Вопросы языкознания‎^[2], number 4, pages 133, 136
• Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎^[3], volume 10, number 1, page 40 of 25–76
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბჟაკე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 125